Hongshanxi

Hongshanxi; Temporal range: Oxfordian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Genus:	† Hongshanxi
Species:	†H. xiei
Binomial name
	†Hongshanxi xiei; Dong et al., 2019

Last updated February 05, 2026

Hongshanxi is an extinct genus of lizard that lived in Liaoning, China during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.^[1]

Taxonomy

Hongshanxi xiei, the type species, has an uncertain phylogenetic position, with it fluctuating depending on the position of Gekkota within Squamata.^[2]

References

↑ "PBDB Taxon" . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
↑ Dong, Liping; Wang, Yuan; Mou, Lijie; Zhang, Guoze; Evans, Susan E. (13 September 2019). "A new Jurassic lizard from China" . Geodiversitas . 41 (16): 623. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a16. ISSN 1280-9659 . Retrieved 26 December 2025– via BioOne Digital Library.

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[1] "PBDB Taxon" . Retrieved 26 December 2025.

[2] Dong, Liping; Wang, Yuan; Mou, Lijie; Zhang, Guoze; Evans, Susan E. (13 September 2019). "A new Jurassic lizard from China" . Geodiversitas . 41 (16): 623. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a16. ISSN 1280-9659 . Retrieved 26 December 2025– via BioOne Digital Library.

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