| Yunyangosaurus | |
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| Vertebra from the holotype | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| clade: | Dinosauria |
| Superorder: | Theropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Megalosauroidea |
| Genus: | †Yunyangosaurus Dai et al., 2020 |
| Species: | †Y. puanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Yunyangosaurus puanensis Dai et al., 2020 | |
Yunyangosaurus (meaning "Yunyang lizard") is a genus of megalosauroid dinosaur from the Xintiangou Formation from Chongqing in China. The type and only species is Yunyangosaurus puanensis.[1] The name was first announced in the 2019 SVP abstract book before it was formally described in 2020.[2] Yunyangosaurus was the first dinosaur formally described in 2020.
The 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.
References[]
- ↑ (2020) "A new possible megalosauroid theropod from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of Chongqing, People’s Republic of China and its implication for early tetanuran evolution". Scientific Reports 10: Article number 139. DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-56959-x.
- ↑ Dai Hui, 2019, "A NEW MEGALOSAURID THEROPOD FROM THE MIDDLE JURASSIC XINTIANGOU FORMATION OF CHONGQING, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR EARLY TETANURAN EVOLUTION", SVP 2019, Annual Meeting, Program and Abstracts, 79A: 86
