Yuan'an County () is a county in the west of
Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the
prefecture-level city of
Yichang.
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Yuanansuchus
''Yuanansuchus'' is an extinct genus of mastodonsauroid temnospondyl. Fossils have been found from the Xinlingzhen formation in Yuan'an County, Hubei, China and date back to the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic.
See also
* Prehistoric ...
'', an extinct
mastodonsauroid temnospondyl
Temnospondyli (from Greek language, Greek τέμνειν, ''temnein'' 'to cut' and σπόνδυλος, ''spondylos'' 'vertebra') is a diverse order (biology), order of small to giant tetrapods—often considered Labyrinthodontia, primitive amphi ...
, is named after Yuan'an County where its remains were first discovered.
Administrative divisions
Six towns:
*
Mingfeng (),
Hualinsi (),
Jiuxian (),
Yangping (),
Maopingchang (),
Hehua ()
The only township is
Hekou Township ()
Climate
References
Counties of Hubei
Geography of Yichang
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