Xianshanosaurus

Name: Xianshanosaurus.
Phonetic: Zhan-shan-o-sore-us.
Named By: J.‭ ‬Lü,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Xu,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Jiang,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Jia,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Li,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Yuan,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Zhang‭ & ‬Q.‭ ‬Ji‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Titanosauria.
Species: X.‭ ‬shijiagouensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Mangchuan Formation.
Time period: Cenomanian‭ ‬of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Xianshanosaurus is a genus of titanosaur that lived in China during the late Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A preliminary report on the new dinosaurian fauna from the Cretaceous of the Ruyang Basin,‭ ‬Henan Province of central China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea‭ ‬25‭(‬1‭)‬:43-56.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Lü,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Xu,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Jiang,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Jia,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Li,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Yuan,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Zhang‭ & ‬Q.‭ ‬Ji‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009.

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