Biology:Mengshanosaurus

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles

Mengshanosaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous Berriasian–Valanginian
Scientific classification e
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

Wikidata ☰ Q109801622 entry