Species
Valid Extinct

Chensaurus chaoxianensis

(Chen 1985)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Grippiidae Family
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Chaohusaurus Genus
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Chensaurus chaoxianensis Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
3
Temporal distribution
Olenekian (249.9–246.7 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
R. Motani, H. You, and C. McGowan. 1996. Eel-like swimming in the earliest ichthyosaurs. Nature 382:347-348 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
P. M. Sander. 2000. Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution and phylogeny. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):1-35 DOI ↗
R. Motani and H. You. 1998. The forefin of Chensaurus chaoxianensis (Ichthyosauria) shows delayed mesopodial ossification. Journal of Paleontology 72(1):133-136 DOI ↗
R. Motani, H. You, and C. McGowan. 1996. Eel-like swimming in the earliest ichthyosaurs. Nature 382:347-348 DOI ↗