Jiutaisaurus

Name: Jiutaisaurus.
Phonetic: Je-u-tie-sore-us.
Named By: W.‭ ‬-H.‭ ‬Wu,‭ ‬Z.‭ ‬-M.‭ ‬Dong,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬-W.‭ ‬Sun,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬-T.‭ ‬Li‭ & ‬T.‭ ‬Li‭ ‬-‭ ‬2006.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda.
Species: J.‭ ‬xidiensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown.
Known locations: China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Quantou Formation.
Time period: Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Eighteen vertebrae.

       Jiutaisaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in China during the Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A New Sauropod Dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Jiutai,‭ ‬Jilin,‭ ‬China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Global Geology‭ ‬25‭(‬1‭)‬:‭ ‬6-9.‭ ‬-‭ ‬W.‭ ‬-H.‭ ‬Wu,‭ ‬Z.‭ ‬-M.‭ ‬Dong,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬-W.‭ ‬Sun,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬-T.‭ ‬Li‭ & ‬T.‭ ‬Li‭ ‬-‭ ‬2006.



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