Yuanmousaurus

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Yuanmousaurus
Fossil range: Middle Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family:  ?Euhelopodidae
Genus: Yuanmousaurus

Yuanmousaurus was a sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic period of China. It is known from incomplete remains, but probably reached about 17 meters (56 ft) in length. The type species was Yuanmousaurus jiangyiensis, described by Dong Zhiming et al. It is possibly related to Euhelopus.

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Lu Junchang, Li Shaoxue, Ji Qiang, Wang Guofu, Zhang Jiahua & Dong Zhiming Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, 2006. No. 1. New Eusauropod Dinosaur from Yuanmou of Yunnan Province, China. pp 5-14.

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