Luxisaurus
| Luxisaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | †Tanysauria |
| Family: | †Tanystropheidae |
| Genus: | †Luxisaurus |
| Species: | †L. terrestris |
| Binomial name | |
| †Luxisaurus terrestris Lu & Liu, 2023 | |
Luxisaurus (meaning "Luxi lizard") is an extinct genus of tanystropheid archosauromorph reptile from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) Guanling Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, L. terrestris, known from an articulated partial skeleton. Luxisaurus is hypothesized to have lived a more terrestrial lifestyle than many other tanystropheids, which may have been aquatic.