Zizhongosaurus
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Zigongosaurus.
Zizhongosaurus (meaning "Zizhong lizard") is a genus of basal herbivorous sauropod dinosaur which lived in the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) Period of China. It was a large-bodied herbivore characterized by a long neck.
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Zizhongosaurus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Family: | †Vulcanodontidae |
Genus: | †Zizhongosaurus Dong in Dong et al., 1983 |
Species: | †Z. chuanchengensis |
Binomial name | |
†Zizhongosaurus chuanchengensis Dong in Dong et al., 1983 | |
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