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Youngina
Taxonomy
Youngina was named by Broom (1914). It is not extant. Its type is Youngina capensis. It is the type genus of Younginoidea.
It was assigned to Neodiapsida by Senter (2004) and Bickelmann et al. (2009); and to Younginidae by Broom (1914), Currie (1982), Benton (1985), Carroll (1988) and Reisz et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Neodiapsida by Senter (2004) and Bickelmann et al. (2009); and to Younginidae by Broom (1914), Currie (1982), Benton (1985), Carroll (1988) and Reisz et al. (2011).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1914 | Youngina Broom pp. 1072, 1075 figs. 1, 2 |
1937 | Youngopsis Broom p. 317 fig. 16 |
1937 | Youngoides Olson and Broom pp. 613-614 |
1982 | Youngina Currie |
1985 | Youngina Benton p. 157 |
1987 | Acanthotoposaurus Evans and van den Heever p. 724 |
1988 | Youngina Carroll |
2004 | Youngina Senter p. 260 |
2009 | Youngina Bickelmann et al. |
2011 | Youngina Reisz et al. p. 3735 |
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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.
G. †Youngina Broom 1914
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†Youngina capensis Broom 1914
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Invalid names: Acanthotoposaurus bremneri Evans and van den Heever 1987 [synonym], Youngoides minor Broom and Robinson 1948 [synonym], Youngoides romeri Olson and Broom 1937 [synonym], Youngopsis kitchingi Broom 1937 [synonym], Youngopsis rubidgei Broom and Robinson 1948 [synonym]
Invalid names: Acanthotoposaurus Evans and van den Heever 1987 [synonym], Youngoides Olson and Broom 1937 [synonym], Youngopsis Broom 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Y. capensis (84714) | |
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Y. capensis (88342 89859) | |
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Y. capensis (80225 80226 171147) Y. capensis, Acanthotoposaurus bremneri (80216) Y. capensis, Youngopsis kitchingi, Youngoides minor (80219) Youngopsis rubidgei (171146) |