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| name = ''Kyrgyzsaurus''
| fossil_range = [[Middle Triassic|Middle]]-[[Upper Triassic]], {{fossil_range|230|225}}
| genus = Kyrgyzsaurus
| parent_authority = Alifanov & Kurochkin, [[2011 in paleontology|2011]]
| authority = Alifanov & Kurochkin, 2011
| species = bukhanchenkoi
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'''''Kyrgyzsaurus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[drepanosaurid]] [[archosauromorph]] known from the [[Triassic]] of southwestern [[Kyrgyzstan]].<ref name=Kyrgyzsaurus>{{cite journal |author=V. R. Alifanov and E. N. Kurochkin |year=2011 |title=''Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi'' gen. et sp. nov., a new reptile from the triassic of southwestern Kyrgyzstan |url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/000822053j233n80/ |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=45 |issue=6 |pages=639–647 |doi=10.1134/S0031030111060025 }}</ref>

==Discovery==
''Kyrgyzsaurus'' is known only from the [[holotype]] specimen, the anterior part of the [[skeleton]] including the [[skull]], [[cervical vertebrae|cervical]] and anterior dorsal vertebrae, [[rib]]s, [[pectoral girdle]] and skin imprints. The holotype was collected from the [[Madygen Formation]], dating to the late [[Carnian]] or the early [[Ladinian]] stage of the late [[Middle Triassic|Middle]] or the early [[Late Triassic]] [[geological timescale|period]], about 230-225&nbsp;[[million years ago]]. Thus it represents the oldest known drepanosaurid. ''Kyrgyzsaurus'' represents also the first Asian drepanosaurid genus to be named.<ref name=Kyrgyzsaurus/>

==Etymology==
''Kyrgyzsaurus'' was first named by V. R. Alifanov and E. N. Kurochkin in [[2011 in paleontology|2011]] and the [[type species]] is ''Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi''. The [[name of a biological genus|generic name]] is derived from the name of [[Kyrgyzstan]], and from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''sauros'', "lizard", thus, the name means "Kyrgyzstan's lizard". The [[specific name (zoology)|specific name]] honours Bukhanchenko for finding the holotype.<ref name=Kyrgyzsaurus/>

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Was found in [[Kyrgyzstan]].

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[[Category:Drepanosauromorpha]]
[[Category:Prehistoric reptiles of Asia]]
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