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Yikezhaogia megafenestrala

Therocephalia

Taxonomy
Yikezhaogia megafenestrala was named by Li (1984). Its type specimen is IVPP V 7250, a partial skeleton (Incomplete skull with lower jaws and some postcranial elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhuengeerqi, which is in an Anisian terrestrial sandstone in the Ermaying Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Yikezhaogia megafenestrala Li p. 21 figs. 1-6
2008Yikezhaogia megafenestrala Li and Sun p. 407

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
genusYikezhaogia
speciesmegafenestrala

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Nei Mongol) Yikezhaogia megafenestrala (type locality: 92436)