Jinzhousaurus
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| Jinzhousaurus Fossil range: Early Cretaceous |
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 Jinzhousaurus yangi fossil displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum.
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| Jinzhousaurus yangi Wang & Xu, 2001 |
Jinzhousaurus is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. Its fossils were found in China. A nearly complete skeleton has been found. The type (and currently only known) species is Jinzhousaurus yangi. It was first described by Wang and Xu in 2001. Jinzhousaurus lived during the Barremian stage, around 125 million years ago.
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Wang, X.-L. & Xu, X. (2001) "A new iguanodontid (Jinzhousaurus yangi gen. et sp. nov.) from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China". Chin. Sci. Bull. 46, 1669–1672.
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