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Bienotherium yunnanense

Tritylodontidae

Taxonomy
Bienotherium yunnanense was named by Young (1940). Its type specimen is IVPP VI, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tachung, Lufeng, which is in a Hettangian terrestrial mudstone in the Lufeng Formation of China.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Bienotherium elegans Young p. 94
1940Bienotherium yunnanense Young p. 238
1947Bienotherium elegans Young
1947Bienotherium yunnanense Young
1951Bienotherium yunnanense Young p. 79
1951Bienotherium elegans Young p. 80
1974Oligokyphus sinensis Young
1994Bienotherium yunnanense Luo and Wu
2008Bienotherium yunnanense Li and Sun p. 409

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
familyTritylodontidaeCope 1884
genusBienotherium
speciesyunnanense

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.

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Invalid names: Bienotherium elegans Young 1940 [synonym], Oligokyphus sinensis Young 1974 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Hettangian or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5China (Yunnan) Bienotherium yunnanense, Bienotherium elegans (49501 type locality: 49503)