Chinshakiangosaurus

Chinshakiangosaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder:	Sauropoda
Family:	unknown
Genus:	Chinshakiangosaurus Ye vide Dong, 1992
Binomial name
Chinshakiangosaurus chunghoensis Ye vide Dong, 1992

Chinshakiangosaurus (meaning "Chinshakian lizard") was a genus of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Period. It lived in what is now present-day China. It is classified as a sauropod, but is not well known. The type species, Chinshakiangosaurus chuhghoensis, was first named by Ye, but described by Dong Zhiming in 1992. It is based on a partial dentary that suggests this animal had cheeks. Also included in the remains are vertebrae, scapulae, limb bones, and a partial pelvis.^[1]

References

1. ^ Upchurch, Paul; Barrett, Paul M.; Zhao Xijin; and Xu Xing. In press. A re-evaluation of Chinshakiangosaurus chunghoensis Ye vide Dong 1992 (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha): implications for cranial evolution in basal sauropod dinosaurs. Geological Magazine.

External links

• Chinshakiangosaurus in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia at Dino Russ's Lair
• Chinshakiangosaurus in the Dino Directory

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