Jiangshanosaurus
Name:
Jiangshanosaurus
(Jiangshan lizard).
Phonetic: Je-ang-shan-o-sore-us.
Named By: F. Tang, X.-M. Kang, Z.-S. Jin,
F. Wei & W.-T. Wu - 2001.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Titanosauria.
Species: J. lixianensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China, Zhejiang Province -
Jinhua Formation.
Time period: Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial skeletal
remains.
Jiangshanosaurus is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the early Cretaceous, and is named after the county of Jiangshan where the first fossils of this dinosaur were found. Jiangshanosaurus should not be confused with the similarly named sauropodomorph dinosaur Jingshanosaurus.
Further reading
- A new sauropod dinosaur of Cretaceous from Jingshan, Zhejiang
province. - Vertebrata PalAsiatica 39(4):272-281. - F.
Tang, X.-M. Kang, Z.-S. Jin, F. Wei & W.-T.
Wu - 2001.
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