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Yumenerpeton yangi

Bystrowianidae

Taxonomy
Yumenerpeton yangi was named by Jiang et al. (2017). Its type specimen is GS-DSK-16, a set of vertebrae (Sacral vertebra with dermal scute), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dashankou locality, which is in a Roadian fluvial mudstone in the Qingtoushan Formation of China. It is the type species of Yumenerpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Yumenerpeton yangi Jiang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
suborderChroniosuchiaTatarinov 1972
familyBystrowianidaeVjushkov 1957
subfamilyBystrowianinaeVjuschkov 1957
genusYumenerpeton
speciesyangi

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.

†Yumenerpeton yangi Jiang et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available