Chuanjiesaurus

Chu-an-je-sore-us.
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John Stewart

Paleoecologist

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Name

Chuanjiesaurus ‭(‬Chuanjie lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

Chu-an-je-sore-us.

Named By

X.‭ ‬Fang,‭ ‬Pang,‭ ‬J.,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Zhang,‭ ‬Pan,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Wang,‭ ‬Li‭ & ‬Cheng‭ ‬-‭ ‬2000.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Eusauropoda,‭ ‬Mamenchisauridae‭?

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

C.‭ ‬anaensis‭

Size

Estimated about‭ ‬25‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

China,‭ ‬Yunnan Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Chuanjie Formation.

Time Period

Mid Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Partial post cranial fossils from at least three individuals.

In Depth

       Chuanjiesaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in China around the mid Jurassic period.‭ ‬Chuanjiesaurus seems to be similar to the genus Mamenchisaurus,‭ ‬something which has led to Chuanjiesaurus sometimes identified as a mamenchisaurid sauropod.

Further Reading

-‭ [‬Lower,‭ ‬Middle,‭ ‬and Upper Jurassic divisions of the Lufeng region of Yunnan province‭]‬.‭ ‬Proceedings of the Third National Stratigraphical Conference of China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Geological Publishing House,‭ ‬Beijing‭ ‬208-214.‭ ‬-‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Fang,‭ ‬Pang,‭ ‬J.,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Zhang,‭ ‬Pan,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Wang,‭ ‬Li‭ & ‬Cheng‭ ‬-‭ ‬2000. -‭ ‬Re-examination of Chuanjiesaurus ananensis‭ (‬Dinosauria:‭ ‬Sauropoda‭) ‬from the Middle Jurassic Chuanjie Formation,‭ ‬Lufeng County,‭ ‬Yunnan Province,‭ ‬southwest China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum,‭ ‬10.‭ ‬-‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Sekiya‭ (‬type‭)‬.

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