Gongxianosaurus

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Gongxianosaurus
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Sauropodomorpha Genus: Gongxianosaurus Species: G. shibeiensis
Binomial name
Gongxianosaurus shibeiensis He et al, 1998

Gongxianosaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Period. It was a sauropod or prosauropod from China.

The type species, G. shibeiensis, was described by He, Wang, Lui, Zhou, Lui, Cai and Dai in 1998.

[edit] References

He Xinlu, Wang Changsheng, Liu Shangzhong, Zhou Fengyun, Liu Tuqiang, Cai Kaiji, and Dai Bing 1998. A new sauropod dinosaur from the early Jurassic in Gongxian County, south Sichuan, Acta Geologica Sichuan 18(1), 1-7.

[edit] External links

• http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5caa58a.htm