Zizhongosaurus
| Zizhongosaurus Temporal range: Middle-Late Toarcian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Family: | †Vulcanodontidae |
| Genus: | †Zizhongosaurus Dong et al., 1983 |
| Species: | †Z. chuanchengensis
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| †Zizhongosaurus chuanchengensis Dong et al., 1983
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Zizhongosaurus (meaning "Zizhong lizard") is a genus of basal herbivorous sauropod dinosaur which lived in the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) Period of China. It was a large-bodied herbivore characterized by a long neck.
Discovery and naming[]
The type species Zizhongosaurus chuanchengensis was named in 1983 by Dong Zhiming, and . The generic name is derived from Zizhong County in Sichuan Province. The specific name refers to the town of .
The type specimens consist of three syntypes: V9067.1 is a partial dorsal vertebra; V9067.2 is a humerus or upper arm; and V9067.3 is a pubis. All specimens likely were part of a single skeleton, collected from the Ziliujing Formation. Zizhongosaurus was described as a small species.[1]
In 1999 mentioned a second species: Zizhongosaurus huangshibanensis[2] but this has remained an undescribed nomen nudum.
Classification[]
Zizhongosaurus was originally assigned to the but later authors have placed it in either the Vulcanodontidae, as a relative of Barapasaurus, or the . It is today often considered a nomen dubium.
References[]
- ^ Dong, Z., Zhou, S., Zhang, Y. (1983). "Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan". Palaeontologica Sinica 162 New Series C 23. Science Press Peking: pp. 1-136
- ^ K. Li, Y. Zhang, K. Cai, 1999, The Characteristics of the Composition of the Trace Elements in Jurassic Dinosaur Bones and Red Beds in Sichuan Basin, Geological Publishing House, Beijing
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- Early Jurassic dinosaurs of Asia
- Sauropods
- Taxa named by Dong Zhiming
- Fossil taxa described in 1983
- Paleontology in Sichuan
- Nomina dubia
- Sauropodomorph stubs