Sanxiasaurus
Name:
Sanxiasaurus
(Sanxia lizard).
Phonetic: San-ze-ah-sor-us.
Named By: Ning Li, Hui Dai, Chao Tan, Xufeng
Hu, Zhaoying Wei, Yu Lin, Guangbiao Wei, Deliang Li, Li
Meng, Baoqiao Hao, Hailu You & Guangzhao Peng - 2019.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Neornithischia.
Species: S. modaoxiensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Roughly estimated to be about 1.5 meters
long.
Known locations: China - Xintiangou Formation.
Time period: Mid Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial skeleton.
Sanxiasaurus is a genus of small ornithischian dinosaur that lived in China during the mid Jurassic.
Further reading
- A neornithischian dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou
Formation of Yunyang, Chongqing, China: the earliest record in
Asia. - Historical Biology: 1–14. - Ning Li, Hui Dai,
Chao Tan, Xufeng Hu, Zhaoying Wei, Yu Lin, Guangbiao Wei,
Deliang Li, Li Meng, Baoqiao Hao, Hailu You &
Guangzhao Peng - 2019.
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