Yumenerpeton
| Yumenerpeton | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Chroniosuchia |
| Family: | †Bystrowianidae |
| Genus: | †Yumenerpeton Jiang et al., 2017 |
| Species: | †Y. yangi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Yumenerpeton yangi Jiang et al., 2017
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Yumenerpetonis an extinct genus ofbystrowianidchroniosuchiandiscovered in theQingtoushan FormationinYumen City,Gansu Province,China.[1]
Yumenerpetonis known from two specimens, GS-DSK-16, theholotypespecimen, consisting of a near complete sacral vertebrae with a dermalscute,and GS-DSK-17, a pair of articulated dorsal vertebrae with scutes. The holotype specimen is notable in that it consists of, to date, the only known preserved sacral vertebrae of a bystrowianid (2017). The discovery ofYumenerpetonis significant evidence for the presence of chroniosuchians being present as early as theMiddle Permianin China, as well as displaying features such as pectinate scutes previously unknown to exist in bystrowianids.[2]
The genus is possessed of a single species,Yumenerpeton yangi.The species name honors the vertebrate paleontologistYang Zhongjian.
References
[edit]- ^"PBDB Taxon".paleobiodb.org.Retrieved2024-04-17.
- ^Jiang, Shan; Ji, Shu-an; Mo, Jinyou (2017-10-23)."First record of Bystrowianid Chroniosuchians (Amphibia: Anthracosauromorpha) from the Middle Permian of China".Acta Geologica Sinica.91(5): 1523–1529.Bibcode:2017AcGlS..91.1523J.doi:10.1111/1755-6724.13397.ISSN1000-9515.
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