Xixiposaurus
| Xixiposaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Plateosauria |
| Clade: | †Massopoda |
| Genus: | †Xixiposaurus Sekiya, 2010 |
| Species: | † X. suni |
| Binomial name | |
| Xixiposaurus suni Sekiya, 2010 | |
Xixiposaurus is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur which existed in what is now Lower Lufeng Formation, China during the lower Jurassic period.[1] It was first named by Sekiya Toru in 2010 and the type species is Xixiposaurus suni.[1]
References
- 1 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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