Kunmingosaurus

Kunmingosaurus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: unknown
Species

Kunmingosaurus is a primitive sauropod which lived during the Early Jurassic. Its fossils were found in Yunnan Province, China in 1954.

The type species is Kunmingosaurus wudingensis, coined by Dong in 1992. It is known from fossils found in the Fengjiahe Formation (or the Lower Lufeng Series), including pelvic, hind limb, and vertebral material.[1]

References

  1. Zhao, 1985. The reptilian fauna of the Jurassic in China. Pages 286–289, 347 in Wang, Cheng and Wang (eds.). The Jurassic System of China. Geological Publishing House, Beijing.

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