Youngosuchus sinensis Young 1973

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia

Alternative combination: Vjushkovia sinensis

Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1973. [On the occurrence of Vjushkovia in Sinkiang]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (I): Permo-Triassic Vertebrate Fossils of Turfan Basin. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Academia Sinica 10:38-52

Belongs to Youngosuchus according to M. D. Ezcurra 2016

See also Charig and Sues 1976, Kalandadze and Sennikov 1985 and Young 1973

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V.3239, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Taoshuyuanzi, Turfan Basin, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Kelamayi Formation of China.

Distribution: found only at Taoshuyuanzi, Turfan Basin

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