of erythrosuchids, and continued to recognize Vjushkovia as a valid taxon distinct from Garjainia. Sennikov, along with paleontologist David J. Gower, rejected Parrish's conclusions in 2000 by considering V. triplocostata, the type species of Vjushkovia, a junior synonym of Garjainia prima. In his 2000 overview of rauisuchians, Gower did not consider Y. sinensis to be a synonym of G. prima, instead suggesting that it was a rauisuchid. Martin Ezcurra (2016)'s study of archosauromorph classification placed Youngosuchus as a close relative of the loricatan Batrachotomus, positioned far away from Garjainia (which was considered indistinguishable from Vjushkovia). References Paracrocodylomorphs Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera Middle Triassic reptiles of Asia Triassic China Fossils of China Fossil taxa described in 1985