Jiangshanosaurus

Name: Jiangshanosaurus ‭(‬Jiangshan lizard‭)‬.
Phonetic: Je-ang-shan-o-sore-us.
Named By: F.‭ ‬Tang,‭ ‬X.-M.‭ ‬Kang,‭ ‬Z.-S.‭ ‬Jin,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Wei‭ & ‬W.-T.‭ ‬Wu‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Titanosauria.
Species: J.‭ ‬lixianensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China,‭ ‬Zhejiang Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Jinhua Formation.
Time period: Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial skeletal remains.

       Jiangshanosaurus is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the early Cretaceous,‭ ‬and is named after the county of Jiangshan where the first fossils of this dinosaur were found.‭ ‬Jiangshanosaurus should not be confused with the similarly named sauropodomorph dinosaur Jingshanosaurus.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new sauropod dinosaur of Cretaceous from Jingshan,‭ ‬Zhejiang province.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Vertebrata PalAsiatica‭ ‬39‭(‬4‭)‬:272-281.‭ ‬-‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Tang,‭ ‬X.-M.‭ ‬Kang,‭ ‬Z.-S.‭ ‬Jin,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Wei‭ & ‬W.-T.‭ ‬Wu‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.



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