Heishanosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the dinosaur, see Heishansaurus.
Heishanosaurus is an extinct genus of choristodere reptile from the Early Cretaceous of China. The type and currently only known species is Heishanosaurus pygmaeus. It is unusual as it is much more primitive than other known choristoderes from the Early Cretaceous of Asia, and retains many plesiomorphic characters.
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Heishanosaurus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Choristodera |
Genus: | †Heishanosaurus Dong et al., 2020 |
Type species | |
†Heishanosaurus pygmaeus Dong et al., 2020 |
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