Yuan'an County
远安县 Yuanan | |
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  Yuan'an Location in Hubei | |
| Coordinates (Yuan'an government): 31°03′39″N 111°38′26″E / 31.0609°N 111.6405°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Prefecture-level city | Yichang |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,752 km2 (676 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
• Total | 166,174 |
| • Density | 95/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
Yuan'an County (simplified Chinese: 远安县; traditional Chinese: 遠安縣; pinyin: Yuǎn'ān Xiàn) is a county in the west of Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yichang.
Yuanansuchus, an extinct mastodonsauroid temnospondyl, is named after Yuan'an County where its remains were first discovered.[3]
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- ^ Liu, J.; Wang, Y. (2005). "The first complete mastodonsauroid skull from the Triassic of China: Yuanansuchus laticeps gen. et sp. nov". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (3): 725–728. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0725:tfcmsf]2.0.co;2. S2CID 86370289.