Majiashanosaurus

Majiashanosaurus
Temporal range: Early Triassic, 248 Ma
Holotype specimen (AGM-AGB5954), Geological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Clade: Eosauropterygia
Genus: Majiashanosaurus
Jiang et al., 2014
Type species
Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis
Jiang et al., 2014

Majiashanosaurus is an extinct genus of pachypleurosaur or alternatively a basal eosauropterygian known from the Early Triassic (Olenekian age) of Anhui Province, eastern China. It contains a single species, Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis.[1]

  1. ^ Da-Yong Jiang; Ryosuke Motani; Andrea Tintori; Olivier Rieppel; Guan-Bao Chen; Jian-Dong Huang; Rong Zhang; Zuo-Yu Sun; Cheng Ji (2014). "The Early Triassic eosauropterygian Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis, gen. et sp. nov. (Reptilia, Sauropterygia), from Chaohu, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (5): 1044–1052. Bibcode:2014JVPal..34.1044J. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.846264. S2CID 129828376.