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Chianghsia

Chianghsia
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 66.7 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Monstersauria
Genus: Chianghsia
Mo, Xu & Evans, 2012
Type species
Chianghsia nankangensis
Mo, Xu & Evans, 2012

Chianghsia is an extinct genus of monstersaurian platynotan lizard known from the Late Cretaceous deposits of the Nanxiong Formation, southern China. It contains a single species, Chianghsia nankangensis. Its genus is named after Jiangxi and its specific name is after Nankang District, Ganzhou. It was a large lizard, with the skull length estimated up to 17.5–18 cm (6.9–7.1 in) in total and the snout-vent length around 1–1.25 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 1 in).[1]

References

  1. ^ Mo, J. Y.; Xu, X.; Evans, S. E. (2012). "A large predatory lizard (Platynota, Squamata) from the Late Cretaceous of South China". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 10 (2): 333. Bibcode:2012JSPal..10..333M. doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.588254. S2CID 85682211.


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