Xixiposaurus

Xixiposaurus (meaning "Xixipo lizard" after the village where it was found[1]) is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur which existed in what is now Lower Lufeng Formation, China during the lower Jurassic period.[2] It was first named by Sekiya Toru in 2010 and the type species is X. suni.[2]

Xixiposaurus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic, 201–183 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Genus: Xixiposaurus
Sekiya, 2010
Species:
X. suni
Binomial name
Xixiposaurus suni
Sekiya, 2010

References

  1. Atkinson, L. "XIXIPOSAURUS :: from DinoChecker's dinosaur archive". ‹http://www.dinochecker.com/dinosaurs/XIXIPOSAURUS›. Web access: 21st Nov 2020.
  2. SEKIYA Toru (2010). "A new prosauropod dinosaur from Lower Jurassic in Lufeng of Yunnan". Global Geology. 29 (1): 6–15. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-5589.2010.01.002.


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