Chianghsia
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Chianghsia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Clade: | Monstersauria |
Genus: | †Chianghsia Mo, Xu & Evans, 2012 |
Type species | |
†Chianghsia nankangensis Mo, Xu & Evans, 2012
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Chianghsia is an extinct genus of monstersaurian platynotan lizard known from the Late Cretaceous deposits of the Nanxiong Formation, southern China. It contains a single species, Chianghsia nankangensis. Its genus is named after Jiangxi and its specific name is after Nankang District, Ganzhou. It was a large lizard, with snout-vent length of over 1 m (3 ft 3 in).[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Mo, J. Y.; Xu, X.; Evans, S. E. (2012). "A large predatory lizard (Platynota, Squamata) from the Late Cretaceous of South China". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 10 (2): 333. doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.588254. S2CID 85682211.
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