Liubangosaurus
| Liubangosaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Eusauropoda |
| Genus: | †Liubangosaurus Mo, Xu & Buffetaut, 2010 |
| Species: | † L. hei |
| Binomial name | |
| Liubangosaurus hei Mo, Xu & Buffetaut, 2010 | |
Liubangosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur which lived during the Early Cretaceous in what is now southern China. Liubangosaurus is known from the holotype NHMG8152, five nearly complete and articulated middle-caudal dorsal vertebrae referred to as. It was collected from the Napai Formation in Fusui County, Guangxi Province. It was first described by Mo Jinyou, Xu Xing and Eric Buffetaut in 2010. The type species is Liubangosaurus hei.[1]
References
- ↑ Mo Jinyou, Xu Xing and Eric Buffetaut (2010). "A New Eusauropod Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Guangxi Province, Southern China". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 84 (6): 1328–1335. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00331.x.
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