Diandongosaurus

Diandongosaurus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Anisian
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

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

  1. 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.


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