Genus
Valid Extinct

Kwangsisaurus

Young 1959

Kwangsisaurus is an extinct genus of a basal pistosauroid known from the Early or Middle Triassic of Guangxi, southern China. It contains a single species, Kwangsisaurus orientalis.

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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Pistosauroidea Suborder
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Kwangsisaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Beisi
1
Temporal distribution
Olenekian (249.9–246.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Kwangsisaurus orientalis 250 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
J. J., Jr. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
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 ↗