Hongshanxi
Extinct genus of lizard
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Hongshanxi is an extinct genus of lizard that lived in Liaoning, China during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.[1]
| Hongshanxi Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Genus: | †Hongshanxi |
| Species: | †H. xiei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Hongshanxi xiei Dong et al., 2019 | |
Taxonomy
Hongshanxi xiei, the type species, has an uncertain phylogenetic position, with it fluctuating depending on the position of Gekkota within Squamata.[2]