Yunyangosaurus (meaning "Yunyang County lizard") is a genus of possible megalosauroid dinosaur from the Xintiangou Formation in Chongqing, China. The type and only species is Yunyangosaurus puanensis.[1] The name was first published in the 2019 SVP abstract book by Dai (2019) before it was formally described by Dai et al. (2020).[2]
| Yunyangosaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Megalosauroidea |
| Genus: | †Yunyangosaurus Dai et al., 2020 vide Dai, 2019 |
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| †Yunyangosaurus puanensis Dai et al., 2020
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The holotype specimen consists of a disarticulated partial skeleton consisting of "eleven presacral vertebrae, several cervical and dorsal ribs and chevrons." Judging from the remains, the animal would have been 4.7 meters (15.4 feet) long.
References
edit- ^ 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). "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. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-56959-x. PMC 6954265. PMID 31924836.
- ^ Dai Hui, (2019), "A NEW MEGALOSAURID THEROPOD FROM THE MIDDLE JURASSIC XINTIANGOU FORMATION OF CHONGQING, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR EARLY TETANURAN EVOLUTION", SVP 2019, Annual Meeting, Program and Abstracts, 79A: 86
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