†Chensaurus chaoxianensis Chen 1985 (ichthyosaur)
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Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Grippiidae
Alternative combination: Anhuisaurus chaoxianensis
Belongs to Chensaurus according to R. Motani and H. You 1998
See also Ji et al. 2016, Motani et al. 2015 and Motani et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Chaohusaurus brevifemoralis, Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis, Chaohusaurus geishanensis, Chaohusaurus zhangjiawanensis
Type specimen: AGM P45-H85-25, a skeleton. Its type locality is Anhui Province, unknown locality, which is in a Spathian marine horizon in China.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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