Hudiesaurus

Taxobox
name = "Hudiesaurus"
fossil_range = Late Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
genus = "Hudiesaurus"
genus_authority = Dong, 1997
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "H. sinojapanorum" Dong, 1997 (type)

"Hudiesaurus" (meaning "butterfly lizard") is a genus of dinosaur from China. A sauropod, it may have been related to "Mamenchisaurus". Its fossil remains were found in the Kalazha Formation, which dates to the late Jurassic Period. The type (and only known) species, "Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum", is known from only two incomplete specimens. The type specimen (IVPP V 11120) is represented only by a very large vertebra. Another partial skeleton from an apparently smaller individual, consisting of a nearly complete front leg and teeth, has also been assigned to this species. Both specimens were described by Dong in 1997.Dong, Z. (1997). "A gigantic sauropod ("Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum" gen. et sp. nov.) from the Turpan Basin, China." Pp. 102-110 in Dong, Z. (ed.), "Sino-Japanese Silk Road Dinosaur Expedition". China Ocean Press, Beijing.] Although the specimens are fragmentary, "Hudiesaurus" is believed to have been very large, even for sauropods, and may have reached 30m (or over 100ft) in length.Glut, D.F. (2000). "Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia, Supplement 1". McFarland & Company, Inc. Jefferson, North Carolina. 442 pp.]

References

External links

* [http://svpow.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/how-big-was-hudiesaurus/ "How big was "Hudiesaurus?"] "Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week", January 17, 2008
* http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a6c456.htm
* http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/eusauropoda.htm