Chuxiongosaurus

Summary

Chuxiongosaurus (meaning "Chuxiong lizard") is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur which lived during the Early Jurassic Period. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Lower Lufeng Formation, Yunnan Province, southern China. Identified from the holotype CMY LT9401 a nearly complete skull (including a lower jaw) with some similarities to Thecodontosaurus, it was described as the "first basal sauropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of China," more basal than Anchisaurus. It was named by Lü Junchang, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Li Tianguang and Zhong Shimin in 2010, and the type species is Chuxiongosaurus lufengensis.[1] It is a possible junior synonym of Jingshanosaurus.[2]

Chuxiongosaurus
Temporal range: 200–191 Ma Early Jurassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Massopoda
Genus: Chuxiongosaurus
et al., 2010
Species:
C. lufengensis
Binomial name
Chuxiongosaurus lufengensis
et al., 2010

References edit

  1. ^ Lü Junchang; Yoshitsugu Kobayashi; Li Tianguang; Zhong Shimin (2010). "A New Basal Sauropod Dinosaur from the Lufeng Basin, Yunnan Province, Southwestern China". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition). 84 (6): 1336–1342. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00332.x.
  2. ^ Qian‐Nan Zhang; Tao Wang; Zhi‐Wen Yang; Hai‐Lu You (2019). "Redescription of the cranium of Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of Yunnan Province, China". The Anatomical Record. 303 (4): 759–771. doi:10.1002/ar.24113. PMID 30860663. S2CID 75140305.