Qianxisaurus
| Qianxisaurus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Clade: | †Eosauropterygia |
| Genus: | †Qianxisaurus Cheng et al., 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Qianxisaurus chajiangensis Cheng et al., 2012
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Qianxisaurus is an
eosauropterygian known from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian age) of Guizhou Province, southwestern China. It contains a single species, Qianxisaurus chajiangensis.[1]
Discovery
Qianxisaurus is known solely from the
million years ago.[1]
Etymology
Qianxisaurus was first described and named by Yen-Nien Cheng, Xiao-Chun Wu, Tamaki Sato and Hsi-Yin Shan in
generic name is derived from Qianxi, which refers to the western part of Guizhou Province where the holotype was found, a spelling based on the Chinese Pinyin, and from Greek saurus, meaning "lizard", a common suffix for genus names of extinct reptiles. The specific name is derived from Chajiang, a town near which the specimen was collected, with the edition of the Latin suffix -ensis, meaning "from".[1]
Description
Qianxisaurus is a
References
- ^ S2CID 85253142.
