Reptilia - Saurischia - Euhelopodidae
Alternative combination: Ruyangosaurus gianteus
Full reference: J.-c. Lü, L. Xu, S.-h. Jia, X.-l. Zhang, J.-m. Zhang, L.-l. Yang, H.-l. You and Q. Ji. 2009. A new gigantic sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Ruyang, Henan, China. Geological Bulletin of China 28(1):1-10
Belongs to Ruyangosaurus according to M. D. D'Emic 2012
See also Jiang et al. 2011, Lü et al. 2009, Lü et al. 2009, Saegusa and Tomida 2011, Xu et al. 2011 and Yang et al. 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: 41HIII-0002, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Shengshuigou, Shaping village, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial horizon in the Haoling Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Shengshuigou, Shaping village
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