Chuxiongosaurus

Chuks-e-ong-o-sore-us.
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Name

Chuxiongosaurus.

Phonetic

Chuks-e-ong-o-sore-us.

Named By

J.‭ ‬L�,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Kobayashi,‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Li‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬Zhong‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Massopoda.

Diet

Herbivore‭?

Species

C.‭ ‬lufengensis‭

Size

Holotype skull about‭ ‬35.5‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lufeng Formation.

Time Period

Hettangian of the Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Skull and lower jaw.

In Depth

       Chuxiongosaurus is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in China during the very early Jurassic.‭ ‬For this reason Chuxiongosaurus is often remembered as the first basal sauropodomorph dinosaur to be discovered in an early Jurassic aged deposit in China.‭ ‬When compared to other sauropodomorph genera,‭ ‬Chuxiongosaurus is noted‭ ‬as being similar to the genus Thecodontosaurus.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new basal sauropod dinosaur from the Lufeng Basin,‭ ‬Yunnan Province,‭ ‬southwestern China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Geologica Sinica‭ ‬84‭(‬6‭)‬:1336-1342.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬L�,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Kobayashi,‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Li‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬Zhong‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.

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