| Sanchuansaurus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | † Parareptilia |
| Order: | † Procolophonomorpha |
| Clade: | † Pareiasauria |
| Clade: | † Velosauria |
| Genus: | † Sanchuansaurus |
| Species: | †S. pygmaeus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sanchuansaurus pygmaeus Gao, 1988 | |
Sanchuansaurus is an extinct genus of pareiasaur from the late Permian Sunjiagou Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, S. pygmaeus, known from a partial maxilla and left leg bones. [2] A 2013 study suggested that both Sanchuansaurus and another Chinese pareiasaur, Huanghesaurus , were synonymous with Shansisaurus . [3] However, this has not been followed in future research, with later papers considering Sanchuansaurus to be distinct, with Huanghesaurus and Shansisaurus possibly being synonymous with Shihtienfenia , another Chinese pareiasaur. [1]
