Mengshanosaurus Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous
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Scientific classification
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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
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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]