Diandongosaurus

Dianopachysaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Anisian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Sauropterygia
(unranked):	Eosauropterygia
Genus:	Diandongosaurus Shang et al., 2011
Species
†D. acutidentatus Shang et al., 2011 (type)

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]

References

1. ^ Qing-Hua Shang, Xiao-Chun Wu, Cun Li (2011). "A new eosauropterygian from Middle Triassic of eastern Yunnan Province, southwestern China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49 (2): 155–171. http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201105/P020110530511087154324.pdf. 

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