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Youngina

Reptilia - Younginidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Youngina Broom pp. 1072, 1075 figs. 1, 2
1937Youngopsis Broom p. 317 fig. 16
1937Youngoides Olson and Broom pp. 613-614
1982Youngina Currie
1985Youngina Benton p. 157
1987Acanthotoposaurus Evans and van den Heever p. 724
1988Youngina Carroll
2004Youngina Senter p. 260
2009Youngina Bickelmann et al.
2011Youngina Reisz et al. p. 3735

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Eosuchia()
Neodiapsida
Younginiformes(Romer 1933)
superfamilyYounginoideaCurrie 1982
familyYounginidae
genusYoungina

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
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
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
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) Y. capensis (84714)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Western Cape) Y. capensis (88342 89859)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Y. capensis (80225 80226 171147) Y. capensis, Acanthotoposaurus bremneri (80216) Y. capensis, Youngopsis kitchingi, Youngoides minor (80219) Youngopsis rubidgei (171146)