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Youngetta dongshengensis

Reptilia - Procolophonidae

Taxonomy
Eumetabolodon dongshengensis was named by Li (1983). Its type specimen is IVPP V6073, a partial skull (right frontal, prefrontal, lacrimal, maxilla with seven teeth + right ramus of lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wusilangou (Dongsheng Town), which is in a Triassic terrestrial horizon in the "Shihtienfeng" Formation of China.

It was recombined as Youngetta dongshengensis by Hamley et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Eumetabolodon dongshengensis Li p. 572 figs. 5-16
2020Youngetta dongshengensis Hamley et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
superfamilyProcolophonoidea
familyProcolophonidae
genusYoungetta
speciesdongshengensis()

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Hamley et al. 2020The genus can be recognized by the presence of seven long, conical, bulbous maxillary teeth.
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: Early/Lower Triassic or 252.17000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2China (Nei Mongol) Eumetabolodon dongshengensis (type locality: 27160)