Mengshanosaurus minimus Yuan et al. 2021 (choristodere)

Reptilia - Choristodera

Full reference: M. Yuan, D. Li, D. T. Ksepka and H. Yi. 2021. A juvenile skull of the longirostrine choristodere (Diapsida: Choristodera), Mengshanosaurus minimus gen. et sp. nov., with comments on neochoristodere ontogeny. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 59:213-218

Belongs to Mengshanosaurus according to M. Yuan et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPG-T002, a skull. Its type locality is Ningjiagou, Mengyin, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian marine horizon in the Mengyin Formation of China.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ningjiagou, Mengyin

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