Sinosaurosphargis

Sinosaurosphargis
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, 243 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: Saurosphargidae
Genus: Sinosaurosphargis
Li et al., 2011
Type species
Sinosaurosphargis yunguiensis
Li et al., 2011

Sinosaurosphargis is an extinct genus of basal marine saurosphargid reptile known from the Middle Triassic Guanling Formation of Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces, southwestern China. It contains a single species, Sinosaurosphargis yunguiensis.[1]

Life reconstruction of Sinosaurophargis yunguiensis
  1. ^ Li, Chun; Olivier Rieppel; Xiao-Chun Wu; Li-Jun Zhao; Li-Ting Wang (2011). "A new Triassic marine reptile from southwestern China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (2): 303–312. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.550368. S2CID 130698779.