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Yechilacerta yingliangia

Osteichthyes - Gilmoreteiidae

Taxonomy
Yechilacerta yingliangia was named by Xing et al. (2023) [Holotype YLSNHM01796 represents an almost complete skull, missing only a small part of the rostrum (Xing et al., 2023)]. Its type specimen is YLSNHM01796, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Huadong Cheng Construction Site, which is in a Maastrichtian alluvial fan horizon in the Hekou Formation of China. It is the type species of Yechilacerta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Yechilacerta yingliangia Xing et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Scincomorpha()
familyGilmoreteiidae
genusYechilacerta
speciesyingliangia

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.

Yechilacerta yingliangia Xing et al. 2023
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0China (Jiangxi) Yechilacerta yingliangia (type locality: 232698 232699)