Chaohusaurus was an ichthyosaur, a type of marine reptile. Ichthyosaurs were not dinosaurs, despite living during the same era. Chaohusaurus lived during the Early Triassic, with fossils found in Asia.
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Chaohusaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- M. Zhou, D.-Y. Jiang, and R. Motani, A. Tintori, C. Ji, Z.-Y. Sun. 2017. The cranial osteology revealed by three-dimensionally preserved skulls of the Early Triassic ichthyosauriform Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis (Reptilia: Ichthyosauromorpha) from Anhui, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
- P. M. Sander. 2000. Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution and phylogeny. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):1-35
- R. L. Carroll and Z.-M. Dong. 1991. Hupehsuchus, an enigmatic reptile from the Triassic of China, and the problem of establishing relationships. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 331:131-153
