Caodeyao

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Caodeyao
Temporal range: Lopingian?
Holotype skull seen from the left and right sides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Clade: Eutherocephalia
Genus: Caodeyao
Liu & Abdala, 2020
Species:
C. liuyufengi
Binomial name
Caodeyao liuyufengi
Liu & Abdala, 2020

Caodeyao (in reference to the village of Caodeyao) is a genus of therocephalian that lived in what is now China during the late Permian. It was found in the Naobaogou Formation. It contains one species, Caodeyao liuyufengi, named in 2020 by Jun Liu and Fernando Abdala.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Liu, J.; Abdala, F. (2020). "The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 5. Caodeyao liuyufengi gen. et sp. nov., a new peculiar therocephalian". PeerJ. 8: e9160. doi:10.7717/peerj.9160. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7261480.