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Yunnanosaurus youngi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Yunnanosaurus youngi was named by Lü et al. (2007). Its type specimen is CXMVZA 185, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Banqing Houshanliangzi, Jiangyi (Fengjiahe Fm.), which is in a Pliensbachian terrestrial sandstone in the Fengjiahe Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Yunnanosaurus youngi Lü et al. pp. 1-2 figs. 2-11
2011Yunnanosaurus youngi Apaldetti et al. p. 4
2016Yunnanosaurus youngi Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain p. 11
2016Yunnanosaurus youngi Xing et al. p. 883
2020Yunnanosaurus youngi Moro et al.
2020Yunnanosaurus youngi Peyre de Fabrègues et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Eusaurischia
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Massopoda
—Sauropodiformes
genusYunnanosaurus
speciesyoungi

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.

†Yunnanosaurus youngi Lü et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Entire body: yesg
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2005-08-24 13:31:31
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:31:31
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Peczkis 1995, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2China (Yunnan) Yunnanosaurus youngi (type locality: 222638)