Yuanotherium

Yuanotherium; Temporal range: Oxfordian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Holotype upper jaw fragment
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Family:	†Tritylodontidae
Genus:	†Yuanotherium; Hu, Meng & Clark, 2009
Species:	†Y. minor
Binomial name
	†Yuanotherium minor; Hu, Meng & Clark, 2009

Yuanotherium minor is an extinct species of cynodonts which existed in China during the late Jurassic period. It is the only species in the genus Yuanotherium.[1] It was found in the Shishugou Formation

Holotype teeth

References

Yaoming Hu, Jin Meng & James M. Clark (2009). "A new tritylodontid from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang, China" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 54 (3): 385–391. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0053.

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[1] Yaoming Hu, Jin Meng & James M. Clark (2009). "A new tritylodontid from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang, China" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 54 (3): 385–391. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0053.