Name:
Majiashanosaurus
(Majiashan lizard).
Phonetic: Mah-ji-ah-shan-o-sor-us.
Named By: Da-Yong Jiang, Ryosuke Motani, Andrea
Tintori, Olivier Rieppel, Guan-Bao Chen, Jian-Dong Huang, Rong
Zhang, Zuo-Yu Sun & Cheng Ji - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Sauropterygia, Eosauropterygia.
Species: M. discocoracoidis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China, Anhui Province -
Nanlinghu Formation.
Time period: Olenekian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Majiashanosaurus is a genus of sauropterygian reptile that lived in waters around China during the early Triassic.
Further reading
- 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. - Da-Yong Jiang, Ryosuke Motani, Andrea Tintori,
Olivier Rieppel, Guan-Bao Chen, Jian-Dong Huang, Rong Zhang,
Zuo-Yu Sun & Cheng Ji - 2014.