Ordosiodon youngi Hou 1979 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Ordosidae

Alternative combination: Ordosia youngi

Full reference: L. Hou. 1979. [On a new theriodont from Inner]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 17(2):121-130

Belongs to Ordosiodon according to J. Li and A. Sun 2008

See also Hou 1979 and Sigogneau-Russell and Sun 1981

Sister taxon: Ordosiodon lincheyuensis

Type specimen: IVPP V 4792, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Zhuengeerqi, which is in an Anisian terrestrial sandstone in the Ermaying Formation of China.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Zhuengeerqi

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