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Extinct genus of cynodonts

Sinognathus
Temporal range: Anisian, 247.2–242.0 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Trirachodontidae
Subfamily: Sinognathinae
Genus: Sinognathus
Young, 1959
Species: S. gracilis
Binomial name
Sinognathus gracilis
Young, 1959

Sinognathus is an extinct genus of gomphodont cynodonts from the Middle Triassic Ermaying Formation of China. Its type and only species is Sinognathus gracilis, which was named in 1959 by the Chinese palaeontologist C. C. Young.

References

  1. Young, C. C. (1959). "Note on the first cynodont from the Sinokannemeyeria faunas in Shansi, China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 3 (3): 124–132.
  2. "Fossilworks: Sinognathus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Cynognathia
Synapsida
Cynodontia
Cynognathia
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Cynognathia
Cynognathia
Gomphodontia
Diademodontidae
Trirachodontidae
Sinognathinae
Traversodontidae
Massetognathinae
Arctotraversodontinae
Gomphodontosuchinae
Cynognathus crateronotus Exaeretodon frenguellii
Taxon identifiers
Sinognathus


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