Mengshanosaurus
Appearance
Mengshanosaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Choristodera |
Suborder: | †Neochoristodera |
Genus: | †Mengshanosaurus Meng et al., 2021 |
Type species | |
†Mengshanosaurus minimus Meng et al., 2021
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Mengshanosaurus is an extinct genus of choristodere from the Early Cretaceous Meng-Yin Formation of China. The type and only known species is M. minimus, known from a juvenile skull, around 3.5 cm long. It was found to be the basalmost neochoristodere.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Meng, et al. (2021). "A juvenile skull of the longirostrine choristodere (Diapsida:Choristodera), Mengshanosaurus minimus gen. et sp. nov., with comments on neochoristodere ontogeny". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. Retrieved 2021-11-14.