Fuyuansaurus
| Fuyuansaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Ladinian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Protorosauria |
| Genus: | †Fuyuansaurus Fraser et al., 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Fuyuansaurus acutirostris Fraser et al., 2013 | |
Fuyuansaurus is an extinct genus of long-snouted protorosaur reptile known from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian stage) Falang Formation of southern China. Fuyuansaurus was first named by Nicholas C. Fraser, Olivier Rieppel and Li Chun in 2013 and the type species is Fuyuansaurus acutirostris.[1]
References
- ↑ Fraser, N. C.; Rieppel, O.; Chun, L. (2013). "A long-snouted protorosaur from the Middle Triassic of southern China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 (5): 1120. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.764310.
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