Xinpusaurus

Xinpusaurus; Temporal range: Carnian,
	Fossil specimen, Tianjin Natural History Museum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Thalattosauria
Superfamily:	†Thalattosauroidea
Genus:	†Xinpusaurus; Yin, 2000
Species
	†X. suni Yin, 2000 (type); †X. bamaolinensis Cheng, 2003; †X. kohi Jiang et al., 2004; †X. xingyiensis Li et al., 2016;

Xinpusaurus is an extinct genus of thalattosaur from the Late Triassic of Guanling in Guizhou, China. Several species have been named since 2000: the type species X. suni along with the species X. bamaolinensis and X. kohi. A 2013 study proposed that all three species are synonymous with each other, in which case X. suni would be the only valid species, although a 2014 study argued that X. kohi was also valid. A fourth species, X. xingyiensis, was described in 2016.

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