Jiutaisaurus

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Jiutaisaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Sauropodomorpha Infraorder: Sauropoda Genus: Jiutaisaurus Wu et al., 2006
Species
Jiutaisaurus xidiensis

Jiutaisaurus is a genus of dinosaur from the Quantou Formation of China. Jiutaisaurus was a sauropod which lived during the Cretaceous. The type species, Jiutaisaurus xidiensis, was described by Wu et al in 2006, and is based on eighteen vertebrae.

[edit] References

• Wu, W.-H., Dong, Z.-M., Sun, Y.-W., Li, C.-T., and Li, T. (2006). "A New Sauropod Dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Jiutai, Jilin, China". Global Geology 25(1): 6-9.

[edit] External links

• Dinosaur Mailing List entry which announces the genus