''Youngetta'' is an
extinct
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genus
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of
procolophonid
Procolophonidae is an extinct family of small, lizard-like parareptiles known from the Late Permian to Late Triassic that were distributed across Pangaea, having been reported from Europe, North America, China, South Africa, South America, Antarc ...
from the
Early Triassic
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of
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It contains a single species, ''Youngetta dongshengensis''.
References
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Procolophonids
Prehistoric reptile genera