Yuanotherium Temporal range:
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Holotype upper jaw fragment | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Tritylodontidae |
Genus: | †Yuanotherium Hu, Meng & Clark, 2009 |
Species: | †Y. minor
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Binomial name | |
†Yuanotherium minor Hu, Meng & Clark, 2009
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Yuanotherium minor is an extinct species of cynodonts which existed in China during the Late Jurassic epoch, described from the Shishugou Formation. It is the only species in the genus Yuanotherium.[1]