Jiutaisaurus

Jiutaisaurus (meaning "Jiutai lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Quantou Formation of Xidi, China.[1] Jiutaisaurus was a sauropod which lived during the Cretaceous. The type species, Jiutaisaurus xidiensis, was described by Wu et al. in 2006, and is based on eighteen vertebrae.[2][3] It probably lived alongside Changchunsaurus and Helioceratops.

Jiutaisaurus
Temporal range: Early-Late Cretaceous, 125–93.9 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Eusauropoda
Clade: Neosauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauriformes
Genus: Jiutaisaurus
Wu et al., 2006
Type species
Jiutaisaurus xidiensis
Wu et al., 2006

References

  1. Mannion, Philip D.; Upchurch, Paul; Barnes, Rosie N.; Mateus, Octávio (2013). "Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 168: 98–206. doi:10.1111/zoj.12029.
  2. Wu, W.-H., Dong, Z.-M., Sun, Y.-W., Li, C.-T., and Li, T. (2006). "A New Sauropod Dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Jiutai, Jilin, China". Global Geology 25(1): 6–9.
  3. Dinosaur Mailing List entry which announces the genus



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