Luxisaurus
| Luxisaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | †Tanysauria |
| Family: | †Tanystropheidae |
| Genus: | †Luxisaurus |
| Species: | †L. terrestris
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| Binomial name | |
| †Luxisaurus terrestris Lu & Liu, 2023
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Luxisaurus (meaning "
archosauromorph reptile from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) Guanling Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, L. terrestris, known from an articulated partial skeleton. Luxisaurus is hypothesized to have lived a more terrestrial lifestyle than many other tanystropheids, which may have been aquatic.[1]
Discovery and naming
The Luxisaurus
caudal vertebrae.[1]
In 2023, Lu & Liu
type locality in Luxi County with the Greek "saurus", meaning "lizard". The specific name, "terrestris", references the hypothesized terrestrial lifestyle of Luxisaurus.[1]
Classification
Lu & Liu (2023) recovered Luxisaurus as a
| Archosauromorpha |
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References
- ^ ISSN 1477-2019.