Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis Jiang et al. 2014 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia

Full reference: D.-Y. Jiang, R. Motani, A. Tintori, O. Rieppel, G.-B. Chen, J.-D. Huang, R. Zhang, Z.-Y. Sun, and C. Ji. 2014. The Early Triassic eosauropterygian Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis, gen. et sp. nov. (Reptilia, Sauropterygia), from Chaohu, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(5):1044-1052

Belongs to Majiashanosaurus according to D.-Y. Jiang et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AGM-AGB5954, a partial skeleton (almost completely articulated postcranial skeleton in ventral view). Its type locality is Majiashanosaurus-type locality, which is in a Spathian/Olenekian marine horizon in the Nanlinghu Formation of China.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Majiashanosaurus-type locality

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