Chaohusaurus Young and Dong 1972

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Grippiidae

Alternative spelling: Chaosaurus

Synonyms: Anhuisaurus Chen 1985, Chensaurus Mazin Suteethora et al. 1991

Parent taxon: Grippiidae according to M. W. Maisch 2010

See also Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2016, Maisch and Matzke 2000, McGowan and Motani 2003, Motani 1999, Motani et al. 2015, Motani et al. 1996 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Grippia

Subtaxa: Chaohusaurus brevifemoralis Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis Chaohusaurus geishanensis Chaohusaurus zhangjiawanensis Chensaurus chaoxianensis

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Type: Chaohusaurus geishanensis

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections including 9 occurrences

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