Zizhongosaurus

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Zizhongosaurus
Fossil range: Early Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Vulcanodontidae
Genus: Zizhongosaurus
Dong et al, 1983
Species
  • Z. chuanchengensis Dong et al., 1983 (type)

Zizhongosaurus (meaning "Zizhong lizard") is a genus of primitive herbivorous sauropod dinosaur which lived in the Early Jurassic Period of China. It was a large-bellied herbivore characterized by a long neck. Zizhongosaurus was named after Zizhong County, Sichuan Province, China, by Dong, Zhou and Zhang, in 1983. The type species is Z. chuanchengensis. The fragments found were a dorsal vertebrae, a humerus or upper arm, and a pubis.[1] It is considered a relative of Barapasaurus.

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  1. ^ Dong, Z., Zhou, S., Zhang, Y. (1983). "Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan". Palaeontologica Sinica 162 New Series C 23. Science Press Peking: pp. 1-136

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