Yimenosaurus
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Yimenosaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Superorder: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Suborder: | Sauropodomorpha |
Infraorder: | Prosauropoda |
Family: | ?Melanorosauridae |
Genus: | Yimenosaurus Bai et al., 1990 |
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Yimenosaurus is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic. Fossils from several individuals were recovered from Yimen, China, and the type species Y. youngi was named by Bai, Yang & Wang in 1990. Reconstructions are based on mostly complete skeletons, missing only parts of the limbs.[1]
References
- ↑ Bai, Z., J. Yang, and G. Wang. (1990). "A new genus of prosauropod from the Yuxi (region) of Yunnan Province [Yunnan Yuxi yuanxijiao lei yi xin shu]". Yuxi Cultural Organization [Yuxi Wen Tuan] 1 (October 1990): pp. 14-23
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