Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis Chen 1985 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Grippiidae

Belongs to Chaohusaurus according to C. Ji et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Chaohusaurus brevifemoralis, Chaohusaurus geishanensis, Chaohusaurus zhangjiawanensis, Chensaurus chaoxianensis

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: found only at Majiashan Quarry

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