Yuanmousaurus
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Yuanmousaurus ("Yuanmou lizard") was a sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic period of China. It is known from incomplete remains, recovered in 2000 from the Zhanghe Formation in Yuanmou County in Yunnan Province. Yuanmousaurus was a relatively large sauropod and may have reached about 17 meters (56 ft) in length. It was a basal member of the Sauropoda, but its exact systematic position is unclear. A recent study placed Yuanmousaurus within the family Mamenchisauridae.[1] It may be a dubious genus. The only and type species was Yuanmousaurus jiangyiensis.[2]
Quick Facts Yuanmousaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, Scientific classification ...
Yuanmousaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Family: | †Mamenchisauridae |
Genus: | †Yuanmousaurus Lü et al., 2006 |
Species: | †Y. jiangyiensis |
Binomial name | |
†Yuanmousaurus jiangyiensis Lü et al., 2006 | |
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