Sanchuansaurus
Appearance
Sanchuansaurus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | †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.[2]
References
- ^ Benton, Michael J. (2016-07-13). "The Chinese pareiasaurs". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (4): 813–853. doi:10.1111/zoj.12389.
- ^ 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.