- Dachongosaurus
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"Dachongosaurus" is the informal name given to an undescribed genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of China. It is known from fossils including at least a partial articulated skeleton from the Dark Red Beds of the Lower Lufeng Series (Simeurian stage) in Yunnan.[1] Possibly a cetiosaur,[2] the "type species" is "Dachongosaurus yunnanensis", coined by Zhao in 1985. An alternate spelling is "Dachungosaurus". As with other informal names coined by Zhao in 1985 and 1983, nothing has since been published, and the remains may have been redescribed under another name.[2]
References
- ^ Zhao, 1985. The reptilian fauna of the Jurassic in China. Pages 286–289, 347 in Wang, Cheng and Wang (eds.). The Jurassic System of China. Geological Publishing House, Beijing.
- ^ a b Olshevsky, George. "Re: What are these dinosaurs?". Dinosaur Mailing List Archives. http://dml.cmnh.org/1999Nov/msg00507.html.
External links
- Sauropod Vertebrate Pictures Of the Year- Zhao's nomina nuda
- "Dachongosaurus" in the Dinosaur Encyclopedia
Categories:- Sauropods
- Jurassic dinosaurs
- Dinosaurs of Asia
- Sauropodomorph stubs
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