Yunyangosaurus

Name: Yunyangosaurus ‭(‬Yunyang lizard‭)‬.
Phonetic: Yun-yang-o-sor-us.
Named By: Hui Dai,‭ ‬Roger Benson,‭ ‬Xufeng Hu,‭ ‬Qingyu Ma,‭ ‬Chao Tan,‭ ‬Ning Li,‭ ‬Ming Xiao,‭ ‬Haiqian Hu,‭ ‬Yuxuan Zhou,‭ ‬Zhaoying Wei,‭ ‬Feng Zhang,‭ ‬Shan Jiang,‭ ‬Deliang Li,‭ ‬Guangzhao Peng,‭ ‬Yilun Yu‭ & ‬Xing Xu‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda.
Species: Y.‭ ‬puanensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Uncertain,‭ ‬but roughly estimated at about‭ ‬4.7‭ ‬meters long.
Known locations: China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Xintiangou Formation.
Time period: Mid Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains including vertebrae and ribs.

       Yunyangosaurus is a genus of predatory theropod dinosaur that lived in China during the Mid Jurassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬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.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Hui Dai,‭ ‬Roger Benson,‭ ‬Xufeng Hu,‭ ‬Qingyu Ma,‭ ‬Chao Tan,‭ ‬Ning Li,‭ ‬Ming Xiao,‭ ‬Haiqian Hu,‭ ‬Yuxuan Zhou,‭ ‬Zhaoying Wei,‭ ‬Feng Zhang,‭ ‬Shan Jiang,‭ ‬Deliang Li,‭ ‬Guangzhao Peng,‭ ‬Yilun Yu‭ & ‬Xing Xu‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

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