Jiangshanosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Jiangshanosaurus"
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
unranked_familia = Titanosauria
genus = "Jiangshanosaurus"
species = "J. lixianensis"
binomial = "Jiangshanosaurus lixianensis"
binomial_authority = Tang "et al", 2001

"Jiangshanosaurus" was a titanosaurian sauropod that lived approximately 105 million years ago, during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous. Its remains were discovered in Lixian Village, Jiangshan county, in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. The type and only known species, "Jiangshanosaurus lixianensis", was formally described by Tang Feng and others in 2001. Known material of "J. lixianensis" includes elements of the shoulder, back, pelvis, femur and tail. So far, little has been determined about this species' habits or its affinities within Titanosauria.

References

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