Sinophoneus yumenensis Cheng and Ji 1996 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Anteosauridae

Synonym: Stenocybus acidentatus Cheng and Li 1997

Full reference: Z. Cheng and S. Ji. 1996. First Record of a Primitive Anteosaurid Dinocephalian from the Upper Permian of Gansu, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 34(2):123-134

Belongs to Sinophoneus according to J. Liu 2013

See also Cheng and Ji 1996, Cheng and Li 1997, Jiang and Ji 2014, Kammerer 2011, Li 2001 and Li and Sun 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Sinophoneus yumenensis: GMV 1601, a skull. Its type locality is Dashankou locality, which is in a Roadian fluvial mudstone in the Qingtoushan Formation of China.
  • Stenocybus acidentatus: IGCAGS V 361, a skull (incl. almost complete mandible). Its type locality is Dashankou locality, which is in a Roadian fluvial mudstone in the Qingtoushan Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dashankou locality

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