Jiucaiyuangnathus
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2024) |
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Scientific classification 
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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
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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]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]J. confusus is known from the Jiucaiyuan Formation of Xinjiang, China.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.