Sanxiasaurus
san-SHYAH-SORE-us /ˌsænˈʃjɑːˌsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Three Gorges lizard
- Sanxia · Chinese (Mandarin) · Three Gorges
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name combines the Chinese "Sanxia" (the Three Gorges region of the Yangtze River) with the Greek "sauros" (lizard). It refers to the Three Gorges area of Chongqing, China, where the fossils were found.
- Named by
- Li and Liu
- Year named
- 2020
- Period
- Early Triassic
- Found in
- Three Gorges area, Chongqing, China
Not a dinosaur. Sanxiasaurus is a Triassic marine reptile (a sauropterygian, the group that includes plesiosaurs and their relatives). Its authorship, date and age are given from memory and should be checked against the original description.