Biology:Mengshanosaurus
From HandWiki
Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
| Mengshanosaurus | |
|---|---|
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
| |
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
- ↑ "A juvenile skull of the longirostrine choristodere (Diapsida:Choristodera), Mengshanosaurus minimus gen. et sp. nov., with comments on neochoristodere ontogeny". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 2021. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353373399. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
Wikidata ☰ Q109801622 entry
 |  |
