Yizhousaurus

"Yizhousaurus" is an informally named genus of basal sauropod dinosaurs which existed in what is now Lower Lufeng Formation, Yunnan Province of southern China during the lower Jurassic period.[1] Identified from a nearly complete and exquisitely preserved skeleton, it is the most complete basal sauropod currently known with intact skull.[1] It was first named by Sankar Chatterjee, T. Wang, S.G. Pan, Z. Dong, X.C. Wu, and Paul Upchurch in 2010 and the intended type species is Yizhousaurus sunae.[1]

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  1. 1 2 3 Chatterjee, S., Wang, T., Pan, S.G., Dong, Z., Wu, X.C., and Upchurch, P. (2010). "A complete skeleton of a basal Sauropod Dinosaur from the early Jurassic of China and the origin of Sauropoda". Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 42 (5): 26.
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