''Sineleutherus'' is an

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genus of euharamiyids which existed in Asia during the Jurassic period. The type species is ''Sineleutherus uyguricus'', which was described by Thomas Martin, Alexander O. Averianov and Hans-Ulrich Pfretzschner in

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; it lived in what is now

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during the late Jurassic ( Oxfordian age) Qigu Formation. A second species, ''Sineleutherus issedonicus'', was described by A. O. Averianov, A. V. Lopatin and S. A. Krasnolutskii in

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. It lived in what is now

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( Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia) during the middle Jurassic ( Bathonian age); its fossils were collected from the upper part of the Itat Formation. However, this is now believed to represent several euharamiyid taxa not closey related to ''Sineleutherus''. Mammalian tooth marks on dinosaur bones may belong to ''Sineleutherus'', suggesting that some haramiyidans scavenged on dinosaur remains.

References

Euharamiyids Prehistoric cynodont genera Middle Jurassic synapsids of Asia Late Jurassic synapsids of Asia Fossil taxa described in 2010 Taxa named by Thomas Martin (paleontologist) Taxa named by Alexander O. Averianov Taxa named by Hans-Ulrich Pfretzschner {{paleo-therapsid-stub