Qianichthyosaurus was an ichthyosaur, a type of marine reptile. Ichthyosaurs were not dinosaurs, despite living during the same era. Qianichthyosaurus lived during the Middle to Late Triassic, with fossils found in Asia.
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Qianichthyosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- C. Li and O. Rieppel. 2002. A new cyamodontid placodont from Triassic of Guizhou, China. Chinese Science Bulletin 47(5):403-407
- C. Li. 1999. Ichthyosaur from Guizhou, China. Chinese Science Bulletin 44(14):1329-1333
- E. L. Nicholls, C. Wei, and M. Manabe. 2002. New material of Qianichthyosaurus Li, 1999 (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the Late Triassic of southern China, and implications for the distribution of Triassic icthyosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(4):759-765
