Jiucaiyuangnathus

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Jiucaiyuangnathus
Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade:† Therocephalia
Superfamily:† Baurioidea
Genus:† Jiucaiyuangnathus
Liu and Abdala, 2024
Type species
Jiucaiyuangnathus confusus
Liu and Abdala, 2024

Jiucaiyuangnathus is a genus of baurioid therocephalian that lived in China during the Early Triassic. It is a monotypic genus; its type species is J. confusus. [1]

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Description

All known specimens of J. confusus are juveniles. The autapomorphies of the species are maxillary palatal process contacting the vomer and the premaxillary vomerine process and the presence of five to six maxillary incisors per dental quadrant. [2]

Distribution

J. confusus is known from the Jiucaiyuan Formation of Xinjiang, China. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Liu, Jun; Abdala, Fernando (2024). "A new small baurioid therocephalian from the Lower Triassic Jiucaiyuan Formation, Xinjiang, China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica . 62 (3): 201–224. doi:10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.240726.
  2. ↑ Liu, Jun; Abdala, Fernando (29 August 2025). "Additional material of Jiucaiyuangnathus confusus (Therocephalia) from the Lower Triassic Jiucaiyuan Formation, Xinjiang, China". The Anatomical Record . doi:10.1002/ar.70039. ISSN   1932-8486 . Retrieved 16 September 2025– via Wiley Online Library.
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