Klamelisaurus

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Klamelisaurus
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Genus: Klamelisaurus
Zhao Xijin (1993)
Species: Klamelisaurus gobiensis
Zhao Xijin (1993)

Klamelisaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. It was a sauropod similar to Bellusaurus, of which it may actually be an adult specimen. It was found in the Gobi desert of Asia.

The type species, K. gobiensis, was described by Zhao Xijin in 1993.

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