Wumengosaurus
| Wumengosaurus Temporal range: Anisian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Clade: | †Eosauropterygia |
| Genus: | †Wumengosaurus Jiang et al., 2008 |
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| †Wumengosaurus delicatomandibularis Jiang et al., 2008
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Wumengosaurus is an extinct aquatic reptile from the Middle Triassic (late Anisian stage) Guanling Formation of Guizhou, southwestern China. It was originally described as a basal eosauropterygian and usually is recovered as such by phylogenetic analyses,[1][2][3] although one phylogeny has placed it as the sister taxon to Ichthyosauromorpha while refraining from a formal re-positioning.[4] It was a relatively small reptile, measuring 95.5–130.5 cm (3.13–4.28 ft) in total body length and weighing 6 kg (13 lb).[1][5]
References
- ^ a b Jiang, Da-Yong; Rieppel, Olivier; Motani, Ryosuke; Hao, Wei-Cheng; Sun, Yuan-Lin; Schmitz, Lars; Sun, Zuo-Yu (2008). "A New Middle Triassic Eosauropterygian (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from Southwestern China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (4): 1055–1062. doi:10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1055. S2CID 83909484.
- ^ Cheng, Y. N.; Wu, X. C.; Sato, T.; Shan, H. Y. (2012). "A new eosauropterygian (Diapsida, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic of China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (6): 1335. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.695983. S2CID 85253142.
- ^ Da-Yong Jiang; Ryosuke Motani; Andrea Tintori; Olivier Rieppel; Guan-Bao Chen; Jian-Dong Huang; Rong Zhang; Zuo-Yu Sun & Cheng Ji (2014). "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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.846264. S2CID 129828376.
- ^ Chen, Xiao-hong; Motani, Ryosuke; Long, Chen; Jiang, Da-Yong; Rieppel, Olivier (2014). "The enigmatic marine reptile Nanchangosaurus from the Lower Triassic of Hubei, China and the phylogenetic affinities of Hupehsuchia". PLOS ONE. 9 (7): e102361. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j2361C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102361. PMC 4094528. PMID 25014493.
- ^ Paul, Gregory S. (2022). The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles. Princeton University Press. p. 86. doi:10.1515/9780691241456. ISBN 9780691193809. S2CID 251553177.
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