Genus
Valid Extinct

Wumengosaurus

Jiang et al. 2008

Wumengosaurus is an extinct aquatic reptile from the Middle Triassic Guanling Formation of Guizhou, southwestern China. It was originally described as a basal eosauropterygian and usually is recovered as such by phylogenetic analyses, although one phylogeny has placed it as the sister taxon to Ichthyosauromorpha while refraining from a formal re-positioning. It was a relatively small reptile, measuring 95.5–130.5 cm (3.13–4.28 ft) in total body length.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
Wumengosaurus
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Eosauropterygia Order
Wumengosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Guanling
2
Temporal distribution
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Wumengosaurus delicatomandibularis 247 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
D.- Y. Jiang, O. Rieppel, and R. Motani, W.-C. Hao, Y.-L. Sun, L. Schmitz, Z.-Y. Sun. 2008. A new Middle Triassic eosauropterygian (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from southwestern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(4):1055-1062 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
X.-C. Wu, Y.-N. Cheng, and C. Li, L.-J. Zhao, T. Sato. 2011. New information on Wumengosaurus delicatomandibularis Jiang et al, 2008 (Diapsida: Sauropterygia), with a revision of the osteology and phylogeny of the taxon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(1):70-83 DOI ↗