Nanchangosaurus
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Nanchangosaurus is an extinct genus of aquatic reptiles native to the middle Triassic of China. It was named after the area in China, Nanchang, where it was found. It was about more than 40 cm (16 in) in length,[1][2] and probably fed on fish or used its long jaws to probe for aquatic invertebrates. It resembled the ichthyosaurs in build, and may be related to them.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Hupehsuchia |
Family: | †Nanchangosauridae |
Genus: | †Nanchangosaurus Wang, 1959 |
Type species | |
†Nanchangosaurus suni Wang, 1959 |
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