Name
Sanxiasaurus (Sanxia lizard).
Phonetic
San-ze-ah-sor-us.
Named By
Ning Li, Hui Dai, Chao Tan, Xufeng Hu, Zhaoying Wei, Yu Lin, Guangbiao Wei, Deliang Li, Li Meng, Baoqiao Hao, Hailu You & Guangzhao Peng - 2019.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Neornithischia.
Diet
Herbivore.
Species
S. modaoxiensis
Size
Roughly estimated to be about 1.5 meters long.
Known locations
China - Xintiangou Formation.
Time Period
Mid Jurassic.
Fossil representation
Partial post cranial skeleton.
Sanxiasaurus is a genus of small ornithischian dinosaur that lived in China during the mid Jurassic.
- A neornithischian dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of Yunyang, Chongqing, China: the earliest record in Asia. - Historical Biology: 1–14. - Ning Li, Hui Dai, Chao Tan, Xufeng Hu, Zhaoying Wei, Yu Lin, Guangbiao Wei, Deliang Li, Li Meng, Baoqiao Hao, Hailu You & Guangzhao Peng - 2019.
