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.[1][2]
| Sinognathus Temporal range: Anisian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Trirachodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Sinognathinae |
| Genus: | †Sinognathus Young, 1959 |
| Species: | †S. gracilis
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| †Sinognathus gracilis Young, 1959
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References
edit- ^ Young, C. C. (1959). "Note on the first cynodont from the Sinokannemeyeria faunas in Shansi, China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 3 (3): 124–132.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Sinognathus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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