Genus
Valid Extinct

Majiashanosaurus

Jiang et al. 2014

Majiashanosaurus is an extinct genus of pachypleurosaur or alternatively a basal eosauropterygian known from the Early Triassic of Anhui Province, eastern China. It contains a single species, Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
Majiashanosaurus
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Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis Jiang et al., 2014 (Sauropterygia) © Nobu Tamura · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Majiashanosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Nanlinghu
1
Temporal distribution
Olenekian (249.9–246.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis 250 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
D.-Y. Jiang, R. Motani, and A. Tintori, O. Rieppel, G.-B. Chen, J.-D. Huang, R. Zhang, Z.-Y. Sun, C. Ji. 2014. The Early Triassic eosauropterygian Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis, gen. et sp. nov. (Reptilia, Sauropterygia), from Chaohu, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(5):1044-1052 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
D.-Y. Jiang, R. Motani, and A. Tintori, O. Rieppel, G.-B. Chen, J.-D. Huang, R. Zhang, Z.-Y. Sun, C. Ji. 2014. The Early Triassic eosauropterygian Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis, gen. et sp. nov. (Reptilia, Sauropterygia), from Chaohu, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(5):1044-1052 DOI ↗