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Yunnanosaurus youngi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Yunnanosaurus youngi was named by Lü et al. (2007). Its type specimen is CXMVZA 185, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Banqing Houshanliangzi, Jiangyi (Fengjiahe Fm.), which is in a Pliensbachian terrestrial sandstone in the Fengjiahe Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Yunnanosaurus youngi Lü et al. pp. 1-2 figs. 2-11
2011Yunnanosaurus youngi Apaldetti et al. p. 4
2016Yunnanosaurus youngi Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain p. 11
2016Yunnanosaurus youngi Xing et al. p. 883
2020Yunnanosaurus youngi Moro et al.
2020Yunnanosaurus youngi Peyre de Fabrègues et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
Massopoda
Sauropodiformes
genusYunnanosaurus
speciesyoungi

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.

Yunnanosaurus youngi Lü et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available