Reptilia - Choristodera

Full reference: L.-P. Dong, R. Matsumoto, N. Kusuhashi, Y.-Q. Wang, Y. Wang and S. E. Evans. 2020. A new choristodere (Reptilia: Choristodera) from an Aptian-Albian coal deposit in China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Parent taxon: Choristodera according to L.-P. Dong et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Allochoristodera, Coeruleodraco, Cteniogenyidae, Hyphalosauridae, Hyphalosaurus, Irenosaurus, Khurendukhosaurus, Lazarussuchus, Monjurosuchidae, Monjurosuchus, Neochoristodera, Novapes, Pachystropheus, Philydrosaurus, Shokawa

Subtaxa: Heishanosaurus pygmaeus

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Type: Heishanosaurus pygmaeus

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hongshi pit, Badaohao coal mine (Cretaceous of China)

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