Dianchungosaurus

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iDianchungosaurus
Fossil range: Early Jurassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Crocodylia
(unranked) Mesoeucrocodylia
Genus: Dianchungosaurus
Species: D. lufengensis
Binomial name
Dianchungosaurus lufengensis
Yang, 1982

Dianchungosaurus lufengensis is an extinct genus of crocodylian.

Previously it was considered a dinosaur; but in 2005 it was reclassified as a mesoeucrocodylian by Barret and Xu. It is probably the same animal as Tianchungosaurus.

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