Caodeyao Liu and Abdala 2020 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia

Full reference: J. Liu and F. Abdala. 2020. The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 5. Caodeyao liuyufengi gen. et sp. nov., a new peculiar therocephalian. PeerJ 8:e9160

Parent taxon: Eutherocephalia according to J. Liu and F. Abdala 2020

Sister taxa: Akidnognathidae, Baurioidea, Chthonosauridae, Dalongkoua, Perplexisauroidea, Scaloposaurida, Whaitsioidea

Subtaxa: Caodeyao liuyufengi

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Type: Caodeyao liuyufengi

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at DQS 42, Caodeyao (Permian of China)

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