Diandongosaurus
Diandongosaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Clade: | †Eosauropterygia |
Genus: | †Diandongosaurus Shang et al., 2011 |
Type species | |
†Diandongosaurus acutidentatus Shang et al., 2011
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Diandongosaurus is an extinct genus of eosauropterygian known from the lower Middle Triassic (Anisian age) of Yunnan Province, southwestern China. It is known from the holotype IVPP V 17761, a complete and articulated skeleton with skull, which was found in the middle Triassic Lagerstätte of the Guanling Formation. It was first named by Qing-Hua Shang, Xiao-Chun Wu, Cun Li in 2011 and the type species is Diandongosaurus acutidentatus.[1]
References[]
- ^ Qing-Hua Shang; Xiao-Chun Wu; Cun Li (2011). "A new eosauropterygian from Middle Triassic of eastern Yunnan Province, southwestern China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 49 (2): 155–171.
Categories:
- Fossil taxa described in 2011
- Sauropterygian genera
- Triassic sauropterygians
- Fossils of China
- Anisian life
- Guanling Formation
- Triassic reptile stubs