Sanchuansaurus
Genus of extinct pareiasaur reptiles
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Sanchuansaurus is an extinct genus of pareiasaur from the late Permian Sunjiagou Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, S. pygmaeus, known from a partial maxilla and left leg bones.[2] A 2013 study suggested that both Sanchuansaurus and another Chinese pareiasaur, Huanghesaurus, were synonymous with Shansisaurus.[3] However, this has not been followed in future research, with later papers considering Sanchuansaurus to be distinct, with Huanghesaurus and Shansisaurus possibly being synonymous with Shihtienfenia, another Chinese pareiasaur.[1]
| Sanchuansaurus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | †Pareiasauria |
| Clade: | †Velosauria |
| Genus: | †Sanchuansaurus |
| Species: | †S. pygmaeus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sanchuansaurus pygmaeus Gao, 1988 | |