Caodeyao
{{short description|Genus of therapsid from Permian China}}
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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Lopingian|Lopingian|Lopingian?}}
| image = Caodeyao skull in lateral view.png
| image_caption = Holotype skull seen from the left and right sides
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| genus = Caodeyao
| parent_authority = Liu & Abdala, 2020
| species = liuyufengi
| authority = Liu & Abdala, 2020
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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. The authors found that its closest relative is Purlovia from Russia, forming with it an exclusively Laurasian clade.
The holotype and only specimen consisted of a partial skull and a humerus. It was a medium sized animal with a 14 cm long skull. It had a short but high snout, and wide temporal openings.{{cite journal |last1=Liu |first1=J. |last2=Abdala |first2=F. |title=The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 5. Caodeyao liuyufengi gen. et sp. nov., a new peculiar therocephalian |journal=PeerJ |date=2020 |volume=8 |pages=e9160 |doi=10.7717/peerj.9160 |issn=2167-8359|doi-access=free |pmc=7261480 }}
Etymology
Gallery
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| image1 = Holotype of Caodeyao liuyufengi (IVPP V 23298) in dorsal view.jpg
| caption1 = Skull (dorsal view)
| image2 = Holotype of Caodeyao liuyufengi (IVPP V 23298) in ventral view.jpg
| caption2 = Skull (ventral view)
| image3 = Holotype of Caodeyao liuyufengi (IVPP V 23298), skull with mandibles.jpg
| caption3 = Skull with mandibles
| image4 = Holotype of Caodeyao liuyufengi (IVPP V 23298).jpg
| caption4 = Skull, posterior view (A-B). Occiput, posterior view (C-D) Occiput, anterior view (E-F) Braincase (G-M)
| image5 = Holotype of Caodeyao liuyufengi (IVPP V 23298) humerus.jpg
| caption5 = Left humerus in (A) ventral, (B) anterolateral, (C) dorsal, and (D) posteromedial views.
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| perrow = 3/3
| align = center
| image6 = Major consensus tree of Therocephalia relationships.jpg
| caption6 = Major consensus tree of Therocephalia (Liu and Abdala, 2020)
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References
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Category:Lopingian synapsids of Asia
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2020
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