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Alxasaurus elesitaiensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Alxasaurus elesitaiensis was named by Russell and Dong (1994). Its type specimen is IVPP 88402, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Elesitai, SCDP, which is in an Aptian lacustrine claystone in the Bayangobi Formation of China. It is the type species of Alxasaurus. It was considered monophyletic by Currie (2000).

Year	Name and author
1994	Alxasaurus elesitaiensis Russell and Dong p. 2108 figs. 1-15
1995	Alxasaurus elesitaiensis Clark et al. p. 24A
1995	Alxasaurus elesitaiensis Nessov p. 35
2000	Alxasaurus elesitaiensis Currie p. 439
2003	Alxasaurus elesitaiensis Rauhut p. 41
2004	Alxasaurus elesitaiensis Clark et al. p. 152
2006	Alxasaurus elesitaiensis Zanno p. 637
2007	Alxasaurus elesitaiensis Li et al. p. 545
2007	Alxasaurus elesitaiensis Turner et al. p. 26
2009	Alxasaurus elesitaiensis Zanno et al. p. S4
2010	Alxasaurus elesitaiensis Zanno p. 196
2012	Alxasaurus elestaiensis Qian et al. p. 341
2013	Alxasaurus elesitaiensis Pu et al.
2019	Alxasaurus elesitaiensis You et al. p. 8