Diandongosaurus
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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, Chun Li in 2011 and the type species is Diandongosaurus acutidentatus.[1] A referred specimen suggests a total body length of 34 cm (13 in).[2]
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Diandongosaurus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Clade: | †Eosauropterygia |
Genus: | †Diandongosaurus Shang et al., 2011 |
Type species | |
†Diandongosaurus acutidentatus Shang et al., 2011 |
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