Biology:Mengshanosaurus
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
Mengshanosaurus | |
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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
- ↑ "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
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mengshanosaurus.
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