Sanchuansaurus
Appearance
| Sanchuansaurus Temporal range: Late Permian,
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Subclass: | †Parareptilia |
| Order: | †Procolophonomorpha |
| Clade: | †Pareiasauria |
| Clade: | †Velosauria |
| Genus: | †Sanchuansaurus |
| Species: | †S. pygmaeus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Sanchuansaurus pygmaeus Gao, 1988
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Sanchuansaurus is an extinct genus of pareiasaur from the late Permian Shihtienfeng Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, S. pygmaeus, known from a partial maxilla and left leg bones.[1]
References
- ^ Gao, Keqin (1989-06-01). "Pareiasaurs from the Upper Permian of north China". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 26 (6): 1234–1240. doi:10.1139/e89-104. ISSN 0008-4077.