Yizhousaurus

Yizhousaurus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic, Sinemurian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Clade:Dinosauria
Order:Saurischia
Suborder:†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:†Sauropoda
Genus:†Yizhousaurus
Zhang et al., 2018
Type species
†Yizhousaurus sunae
Zhang et al., 2018
Species
  • †Y. sunae Zhang et al., 2018 (type)

Yizhousaurus is a genus of basal sauropodiform dinosaurs which existed in what is now Lower Lufeng Formation, Yunnan Province of southern China during the lower Jurassic period.[1] Identified from a nearly complete and exquisitely preserved skeleton, it is the most complete basal sauropod currently known with intact skull.[1] Although its name was revealed in a 2010 Geological Society of America abstract by Sankar Chatterjee, T. Wang, S.G. Pan, Z. Dong, X.C. Wu, and Paul Upchurch,[1] it wasn't validly named and described until 2018. The type species is Yizhousaurus sunae.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Chatterjee, S.; Wang, T.; Pan, S.G.; Dong, Z.; Wu, X.C.; Upchurch, P. (2010). "A complete skeleton of a basal Sauropod Dinosaur from the early Jurassic of China and the origin of Sauropoda". Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. 42 (5): 26.
  2. ↑ Zhang, Qian-Nan; You, Hai-Lu; Wang, Tao; Chatterjee, Sankar (2018). "A new sauropodiform dinosaur with a 'sauropodan' skull from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of Yunnan Province, China". Scientific Reports. 8. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-31874-9.


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