| Hanosaurus Temporal range: Early Triassic,[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Clade: | †Eosauropterygia |
| Genus: | †Hanosaurus Young, 1972 |
| Type species | |
| †Hanosaurus hupehensis Young, 1972
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Hanosaurus is an extinct genus of marine reptiles that existed during the Triassic period in what is now China. The type species is Hanosaurus hupehensis. It was a small animal, with specimens measuring 79.4 cm (31.3 in) long in total body length,[2] which likely fed on soft-bodied prey.[3]
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