Mengshanosaurus

<i>Mengshanosaurus</i>

Mengshanosaurus

Extinct genus of reptiles

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Meng, et al. (2021). "A juvenile skull of the longirostrine choristodere (Diapsida:Choristodera), Mengshanosaurus minimus gen. et sp. nov., with comments on neochoristodere ontogeny". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
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