Genus
Valid Extinct

Sanchiaosaurus

Young 1965

Sanchiaosaurus is an extinct genus of a basal nothosauroid known from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou Province, southwestern China. It contains a single species, Sanchiaosaurus dengi.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Eosauropterygia Order
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Nothosauroidea Superfamily
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Sanchiaosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Temporal distribution
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Sanchiaosaurus dengi 247 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
C.-C. Young. 1965. On the new nothosaurs from Hupeh and Kweichou, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 9(4):337-356
Bibliography (1)
O. Rieppel. 1999. The sauropterygian genera Chinchenia, Kwangsisaurus, and Sanchiaosaurus from the Lower and Middle Triassic of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(2):321-337 DOI ↗