Youngina capensis Broom 1914 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Eosuchia - Younginidae

Alternative combination: Youngina gracilis

Synonyms: Acanthotoposaurus bremneri Evans and van den Heever 1987, Youngoides minor Broom and Robinson 1948, Youngoides romeri Olson and Broom 1937, Youngopsis kitchingi Broom 1937, Youngopsis rubidgei Broom and Robinson 1948

Full reference: R. Broom. 1914. A new Thecodont Reptile. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1914:1072-1077

Belongs to Youngina according to R. R. Reisz et al. 2000

See also Broom 1914, Broom 1915, Broom 1924, Broom 1937, Broom and Robinson 1948, Evans and van den Heever 1987, Gow 1975, Olson 1936 and Olson and Broom 1937

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Youngina capensis: AMNH 5561, a partial skeleton (skull and vertebrae). Its type locality is New Bethesda Commonage, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.
  • Acanthotoposaurus bremneri: SAM K6888, a partial skull. Its type locality is Doornplaas, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.
  • Youngoides minor: RC 91, a skull. Its type locality is New Bethesda Commonage, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.
  • Youngoides romeri: FMNH UC 1528, a skull. Its type locality is Toverwater, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.
  • Youngopsis kitchingi: TM 1490, a skull. Its type locality is New Bethesda Commonage, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.
  • Youngopsis rubidgei: RC 90, a skull. Its type locality is Doornkloof (Glen Again), which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (9 collections)

Total: 9 collections including 12 occurrences

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