Klamelisaurus

Klamelisaurus
Temporal range: 170 Ma
Skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Euhelopodidae
Genus: Klamelisaurus
Zhao, 1993
Species: K. gobiensis
Zhao, 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 from the Shishugou Formation.

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