Mengshanosaurus

Mengshanosaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous Berriasian–Valanginian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Choristodera
Suborder: Neochoristodera
Genus: Mengshanosaurus
Meng et al., 2021
Type species
Mengshanosaurus minimus
Meng et al., 2021

Mengshanosaurus is an extinct genus of choristodere from the Early Cretaceous Meng-Yin Formation of China. The type and only known species is M. minimus, known from a juvenile skull, around 3.5 cm long. It was found to be the basalmost neochoristodere.[1]

  1. ^ Meng, et al. (2021). "A juvenile skull of the longirostrine choristodere (Diapsida:Choristodera), Mengshanosaurus minimus gen. et sp. nov., with comments on neochoristodere ontogeny". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. Retrieved 2021-11-14.