Yonghesuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yonghesuchus is an extinct genus of Late Triassic archosaur reptile. Remains have been found from the early Late Triassic Tongchuan Formation in Shanxi, China. It is named after Yonghe County, the county where fossils were found. Currently only one species, Y. sangbiensis, is known. The specific name refers to Sangbi Creek, as fossils were found in one of its banks.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Family: | †Gracilisuchidae |
Genus: | †Yonghesuchus Wu et al., 2001 |
Type species | |
†Yonghesuchus sangbiensis Wu et al., 2001 |
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