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Luopingosaurus
Extinct genus of sauropterygian reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luopingosaurus (meaning "Luoping lizard") is an extinct genus of pachypleurosaurid sauropterygian from the Middle Triassic Guanling Formation of Yunnan Province, China. The genus contains a single species, L. imparilis, known from a well-preserved, nearly complete skeleton.[1]
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Luopingosaurus | |
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Luopingosaurus holotype | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Family: | †Pachypleurosauridae |
Genus: | †Luopingosaurus Xu et al., 2023 |
Species: | †L. imparilis |
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†Luopingosaurus imparilis Xu et al., 2023 | |
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