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QIANXISAURUS
(kwan-ze-sore-us)
Named By: Y. N. Cheng, X. C. Wu, T. Sato, H. Y. Shan in 2012
Time Period: Middle Triassic, Ladinian
Location: China
Size: Holotype specimen roughly 73-74 centimetres long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Fossil(s): Almost complete skeleton
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia |
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Qianxisaurus is an extinct genus of pachypleurosaur or alternatively a basal eosauropterygian known from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian age) of Guizhou Province, southwestern China. It contains a single species, Qianxisaurus chajiangensis.

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