Klamelisaurus

Name: Klamelisaurus ‭(‬Klameli lizard‭)‬.
Phonetic: Klam-el-e-sore-us.
Named By: X.‭ ‬Zhao‭ ‬-‭ ‬1993.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Euhelopodidae.
Species: K.‭ ‬gobiensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Roughly about‭ ‬12-15‭ ‬meters long.
Known locations: China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Shishougou Formation.
Time period: Oxfordian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Klamelisaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Mid Jurassic.‭ ‬Klamelisaurus has been noted as being very similar in form to an earlier named genus named Bellusaurus,‭ ‬though in addition to this,‭ ‬some have gone further to say that Klamelisaurus might actually be the adult form of Bellusaurus,‭ ‬and hence may actually be a junior synonym to Bellusaurus.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new mid-Jurassic sauropod‭ (‬Klamelisaurus gobiensis gen.‭ ‬et sp.‭ ‬nov.‭) ‬from Xinjiang,‭ ‬China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Vertebrata PalAsiatica‭ ‬31‭(‬2‭)‬:132-138.‭ ‬-‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Zhao‭ ‬-‭ ‬1993.
- Osteology of Klamelisaurus gobiensis (Dinosauria, Eusauropoda) and the evolutionary history of Middle–Late Jurassic Chinese sauropods. - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (16): 1299–1393. - A. J. Moore, P. Upchurch, P. M. Barrett, J. M. Clark & X. Xing - 2020.

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