| Thaisaurus Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Ichthyopterygia |
| Family: | †Thaisauridae Maisch, 2010 |
| Genus: | †Thaisaurus Mazin et al., 1991 |
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| †Thaisaurus chonglakmanii Mazin et al., 1991
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Thaisaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyopterygian marine reptile that lived during the Spathian[1] (late Olenekian, Early Triassic). Fossils have been found in Thailand.[2]
- ^ Tongtherm, Kittichai; Shigeta, Yasunari; Sardsud, Apsorn; Sashida, Katsuo; Agematsu, Sachiko (October 2020). "Age of the Early Triassic Ichthyopterygian Thaisaurus Inferred from Ammonoid Biostratigraphy". Paleontological Research. 24 (4): 276–284. doi:10.2517/2019PR022. S2CID 222136795.
- ^ New Material of Qianichtyosaurus Li, 1999 (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the late Triassic of southern China, and Implications for the Distribution of Triassic Ichthyosaurs. Elizabeth L. Nicholls, Chen Wei, Makoto Manabe.