Baisesaurus
Sign in to saveBaisesaurus (meaning "Baise lizard") is an extinct genus of ichthyosauromorph reptiles from the early Triassic (Spathian age) Luolou Formation of Guangxi, China. The genus contains a single species, Baisesaurus robustus, known from a partial postcranial skeleton.
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Baisesaurus (meaning "Baise lizard") is an extinct genus of ichthyosauromorph reptiles from the early Triassic (Spathian age) Luolou Formation of Guangxi, China. The genus contains a single species, Baisesaurus robustus, known from a partial postcranial skeleton.
== Discovery and naming == The Baisesaurus holotype specimen, CUGW VH107, was discovered in 2018 in a layer of the Luolou Formation (Triassospathodus symmetricus–T. homeri conodont assemblage zones) in the Nanpanjiang Basin of Zhebao Township in Baise, China. The specimen consists of assorted ribs, gastralia, a limb element (likely a radius), twelve vertebral centra, and seven neural arches.