Youngosuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Youngosuchus is an extinct genus of archosaur from the Middle Triassic of China. The type species is Y. sinensis. Y. sinensis was first described in 1973 as a new species of the erythrosuchid Vjushkovia.[1] In 1985, it was reassigned as its own genus of rauisuchid.[2] A 1992 study supported the original classification of Youngosuchus sinensis as an erythrosuchid,[3] but more recent studies classify it as a "rauisuchian"-grade loricatan archosaur completely unrelated to Vjushkovia, which is most likely a synonym of Garjainia.[4][5][6][7]
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Youngosuchus | |
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Holotype, Paleozoological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Loricata |
Genus: | †Youngosuchus Kalandadze & Sennikov, 1985 |
Type species | |
†Vjushkovia sinensis Young, 1973 |
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