Panzhousaurus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Middle Triassic, {{fossil_range|Anisian}}

| taxon = Panzhousaurus

| authority = Jiang et al., 2019

| type_species = {{extinct}}Panzhousaurus rotundirostris

| type_species_authority = Jiang et al., 2019

}}

Panzhousaurus is an extinct genus of pachypleurosaur from the Middle Triassic of China. The type species is P. rotundirostris. The preserved portion of the holotype measures {{cvt|36|cm|in}} long, and its total body length may have been less than {{cvt|50|cm|in}}.{{Cite journal|last1=Jiang|first1=Da-Yong|last2=Lin|first2=Wen-Bin|last3=Rieppel|first3=Olivier|last4=Motani|first4=Ryosuke|last5=Sun|first5=Zuo-Yu|date=2018-07-04|title=A new Anisian (Middle Triassic) eosauropterygian (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from Panzhou, Guizhou Province, China|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2018.1480113|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=38|issue=4|pages=(1)–(9)|doi=10.1080/02724634.2018.1480113|s2cid=109794338|issn=0272-4634|url-access=subscription}}{{cite journal|author1=Lin, W.-B.|author2=Jiang, D.-Y.|author3=Rieppel, O.|author4=Motani, R.|author5=Tintori, A.|author6=Sun, Z.-Y.|author7=Zhou, M.|year=2021|title=Panzhousaurus rotundirostris Jiang et al., 2019 (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) and the recovery of the monophyly of Pachypleurosauridae|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=41 |issue=1 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2021.1901730|bibcode=2021JVPal..41E1730L |s2cid=234853964 }}