Yunyangosaurus Temporal range:
Middle Jurassic,
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Superfamily: | † Megalosauroidea |
Genus: | †
Yunyangosaurus Dai et al., 2020 vide Dai, 2019 |
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†Yunyangosaurus puanensis Dai et al., 2020
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Yunyangosaurus (meaning " Yunyang County lizard") is a genus of possible megalosauroid dinosaur from the Xintiangou Formation in Chongqing, China. The type and only species is Yunyangosaurus puanensis. [1] The name was first published in the 2019 SVP abstract book by Dai (2019) before it was formally described by Dai et al. (2020). [2]
The holotype specimen consists of a disarticulated partial skeleton consisting of "eleven presacral vertebrae, several cervical and dorsal ribs and chevrons." Judging from the remains, the animal would have been 4.7 meters (15.4 feet) long.