Chusaurus
Genus of pachypleurosaurid reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chusaurus is an extinct genus of pachypleurosaurid known from the Early Triassic Nanzhang-Yuan’an Fauna in the South China block. The two known specimens of Chusaurus were found in Hubei Province, China, dating back to the Olenekian age of the Early Triassic period. The genus contains a single species, Chusaurus xiangensis[1][2]
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Chusaurus | |
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Two specimens of Chusaurus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Family: | †Pachypleurosauridae |
Genus: | †Chusaurus Liu et al., 2023 |
Species: | †C. xiangensis |
Binomial name | |
†Chusaurus xiangensis Liu et al., 2023 | |
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