Zizhongosaurus

Zizhongosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Zizhongosaurus"
fossil_range = Early Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
familia = Vulcanodontidae
genus = "Zizhongosaurus"
genus_authority = Dong "et al", 1983
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "Z. chuanchengensis" Dong "et al.", 1983 (type)

"Zizhongosaurus" (meaning "Zizhong lizard") is a genus of primitive herbivorous sauropod dinosaur which lived in the Early Jurassic Period of China. It was a large-bellied herbivore characterized by a long neck. "Zizhongosaurus" was named after Zizhong County, Sichuan Province, China, by Dong, Zhou and Zhang, in 1983. The type species is "Z. chuanchengensis". The fragments found were a dorsal vertebrae, a humerus or upper arm, and a pubis.Dong, Z., Zhou, S., Zhang, Y. (1983). "Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan". "Palaeontologica Sinica" 162 New Series C 23. Science Press Peking: pp. 1-136] It is considered a relative of "Barapasaurus".

References

External links

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a6c1a6.htm "Zizhongosaurus" in the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia] at Dino Russ's Lair


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