Diandongosaurus

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]

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

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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