Yang Zhongjian, also Yang Chung-chien (Chinese: 杨钟健; Wade–Giles: Yang2 Chung1-chien4; 1 June 1897 – 15 January 1979), courtesy name Keqiang (克强), also known as C.C. (Chung Chien) Young, was a Chinese paleontologist and zoologist. He was one of China's foremost vertebrate paleontologists. He has been called the "Father of Chinese Vertebrate Paleontology".
YangZhongjian, also Yang Chung-chien (Chinese: 杨钟健; Wade–Giles: Yang2 Chung1-chien4; 1 June 1897 – 15 January 1979), courtesy name Keqiang (克强), also...
(IVPP) in Beijing. He began working at the IVPP in 1962, studying under YangZhongjian, who was director at the time. He has described fossil remains of many...
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saurus, meaning "reptile". For the species, it was chosen to honour YangZhongjian, the father and founder of all Chinese paleontology, who was well known...
azhdarchoid pterosaurs. Dsungaripterus was described in 1964 named by YangZhongjian. The genus name combines a reference to the Junggar Basin with a Latinized...
generic name refers to the town Jinzhou. The specific name honours YangZhongjian is the founder of Chinese paleontology. It was first described by Wang...
Lufengosaurus of Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 10(1):64–67 Y. Zhang, and Z. Yang. (1995). A new complete osteology of Prosauropoda in Lufeng Basin, Yunnan...
long and 2 m (6.5 ft) high to 4 m (13 ft) high in the largest species. YangZhongjian (also known as C. C. Young) discovered the first Yunnanosaurus skeletons...
refers to Chaoyang. The specific name honours the Chinese paleontologist YangZhongjian ("C. C. Young") as the founder of Chinese vertebrate paleontology. The...
Rana basaltica is an extinct species of frog from Middle Miocene of China. It is known from the Shanwang formation beds in the Shanwang National Geological...
over the years. The type species is Szechuanosaurus campi, named by YangZhongjian ("Chung Chien Young") in 1942 for four isolated tooth specimens: IVPP...
Notable paleontologists who have been affiliated with the IVPP include YangZhongjian (also known as C. C. Young), Dong Zhiming, Meemann Chang and Zhao Xijin...
Sanpasaurus ("Sanpa lizard") is a poorly known sauropod dinosaur from the Early to Late Jurassic of Sichuan, China. The type species, S. yaoi, was described...
Bienotherium is an extinct genus of cynodonts from the Early Jurassic of China discovered by Bian Meinian (Mei Nien Bien). Despite its size, it is closely...
initial discovery of Omeisaurus was in 1936 when Charles Lewis Camp and YangZhongjian collected a partial skeleton from strata of the Shaximiao Formation...
Shihtienfenia was a pareiasaurid parareptile from the Late Permian of China. Lee (1997) refers to S. xuecunensis as a metaspecies lacking the autapomorphies...
Yumenerpeton yangi. The species name honors the vertebrate paleontologist YangZhongjian. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-04-17. Jiang, Shan; Ji...
Keichousaurus (meaning "Kweichow lizard") is an extinct genus of pachypleurosaurian marine reptile from the Chialingchiang and Falang Formations of China...
Bienotheroides is an extinct genus of tritylodontid mammaliamorphs from the Jurassic of China and Mongolia. The genus contains five species, primarily...
conspicuously absent beyond these 2 areas. In 1979, Chinese palaeontologist YangZhongjian described a Chinese gorgonopsian "Wangwusaurus tayuensis" based on teeth...
were uncovered. In 1958 these were described by Chinese paleontologist YangZhongjian ("C.C. Young") as the type species Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus. The generic...
Sinognathus is an extinct genus of gomphodont cynodonts from the Middle Triassic Ermaying Formation of China. Its type and only species is Sinognathus...
known Edentosuchus specimens. Edentosuchus was described in 1973 by YangZhongjian (C. C. Young), and is based on IVPP V 3236, a partial skull and associated...
family Mamenchisauridae was first erected by Chinese paleontologists YangZhongjian ("C.C. Young") and Zhao Xijin in 1972, in a paper describing Mamenchisaurus...
western Shanxi and northern Shaanxi with the Chinese paleontologist YangZhongjian and with Davidson Black, Chairman of the China Geological Survey. After...
Formation in the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang, China. It was first named by YangZhongjian (also known as C.C. Young in older sources) in 1973. Additional fossil...
Shantungosuchus chuhsienensis and S. brachycephalus, which were both described by YangZhongjian – usually referred to as "Young" – in 1961 and 1982, and S. hangjinensis...
Sciences, and was headed by Péi, Jiǎ, and Chinese palaeoanthropologist YangZhongjian. During the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976, all intellectuals...
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