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Beishanodon youngi

Traversodontidae

Taxonomy
Beishanodon youngi was named by Gao et al. (2010). Its type specimen is PKUP V3007, a partial skull (incomplete skull with well-preserved snout and left temporal region, but lacking the right zygomatic arch and much of the occiput), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beishan Hills, Quarry 3, Subei County, which is in an Olenekian lacustrine shale in the Hongyanjing Formation of China. It is the type species of Beishanodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Beishanodon youngi Gao et al. p. 7 figs. 3-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Epicynodontia
infraorderCynognathia
Gomphodontia(Seeley 1895)
familyTraversodontidaeHuene 1936
subfamilySinognathinae
genusBeishanodon
speciesyoungi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Beishanodon youngi Gao et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Olenekian or 251.20000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2China (Gansu) Beishanodon youngi (type locality: 105775)