Majiashanosaurus

Name: Majiashanosaurus ‭(‬Majiashan lizard‭)‬.
Phonetic: Mah-ji-ah-shan-o-sor-us.
Named By: Da-Yong Jiang,‭ ‬Ryosuke Motani,‭ ‬Andrea Tintori,‭ ‬Olivier Rieppel,‭ ‬Guan-Bao Chen,‭ ‬Jian-Dong Huang,‭ ‬Rong Zhang,‭ ‬Zuo-Yu Sun‭ & ‬Cheng Ji‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Sauropterygia,‭ ‬Eosauropterygia.
Species: M.‭ ‬discocoracoidis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China,‭ ‬Anhui Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Nanlinghu Formation.
Time period: Olenekian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Majiashanosaurus is a genus of sauropterygian reptile that lived in waters around China during the early Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬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.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Da-Yong Jiang,‭ ‬Ryosuke Motani,‭ ‬Andrea Tintori,‭ ‬Olivier Rieppel,‭ ‬Guan-Bao Chen,‭ ‬Jian-Dong Huang,‭ ‬Rong Zhang,‭ ‬Zuo-Yu Sun‭ & ‬Cheng Ji‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.

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