Genus: Yuanotherium HU, MENG & CLARK, 2009
Etymology: In honor
of Yuan Fuli who was a pioneer Chinese geologist and paleontologist who worked
in Xinjiang early in the last century, and Latin, therion, "beast."
Species: minor HU, MENG & CLARK, 2009
Etymology: Laitn, minor, "small."
Holotype: IVPP V15335
Locality: Wucaiwan ara of Junggar Basin, northeastern Xinjiang Province, China.
Horizon: Upper part of the Shishugou Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Oxfordian Stage, Lower Malm Epoch, Early Late Jurassic.
Material: A partial left upper jaw with anterior 3 postcanines.