- Yimenosaurus
Taxobox
name = "Yimenosaurus"
fossil_range =Early Jurassic
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo =Dinosaur ia
ordo =Saurischia
subordo =Sauropodomorpha
infraordo =Prosauropoda
genus = "Yimenosaurus"
genus_authority = Bai "et al"., 1990
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision =
*"Y. youngi" Bai "et al"., 2006 (type)"Yimenosaurus" is a
genus ofprosauropod dinosaur from theEarly Jurassic . Fossils from several individuals were recovered fromYimen , China, and thetype species "Y. youngi" was named by Bai, Yang & Wang in 1990. Reconstructions are based on mostly complete skeletons, missing only parts of the limbs.Bai, Z., J. Yang, and G. Wang. (1990). "A new genus of prosauropod from the Yuxi (region) of Yunnan Province [Yunnan Yuxi yuanxijiao lei yi xin shu] ". "Yuxi Cultural Organization [Yuxi Wen Tuan] " 1 (October 1990): pp. 14-23]References
External links
* [http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/names/dinoy.htm Dinosauria]
* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/sauropodomorpha.htm Sauropodomorpha, from "Thescelosaurus"!]
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