Chaohusaurus

Chaohusaurus
Temporal range: Early Triassic, 251.3–247.2 Ma[1]
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Specimen AGM CHS-5
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: †Ichthyopterygia
Genus: †Chaohusaurus
Young & Dong, 1972
Type species
†Chaohusaurus geishanensis
Young & Dong, 1972
Species
  • †C. geishanensis Young & Dong, 1972
  • †C. chaoxianensis Chen, 1985
  • †C. zhangjiawanensis Chen et al., 2013[2]
  • †C. brevifemoralis Huang et al., 2019

Chaohusaurus is an extinct genus of basal ichthyosauriform, depending on definition possibly ichthyosaur, from the Early Triassic of Chaohu and Yuanan, China.

  1. ^ "Chaohusaurus at Fossilworks". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ Xiaohong Chen; P. Martin Sander; Long Cheng; Xiaofeng Wang (2013). "A New Triassic Primitive Ichthyosaur from Yuanan, South China". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition). 87 (3): 672–677. Bibcode:2013AcGlS..87..672C. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.12078. S2CID 140143030.