Dongyangosaurus sinensis Lü et al. 2008 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J. Lü, Y. Azuma, R. Chen, W. Zheng, and X. Jin. 2008. A new titanosauriform sauropod from the Early Late Cretaceous of Dongyang, Zhejiang Province. Acta Geologica Sinica 82(2):225-235

Belongs to Dongyangosaurus according to M. D. D'Emic 2012

See also Averianov and Sues 2017, Lü et al. 2008, Saegusa and Tomida 2011, Whitlock et al. 2011 and Xing et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DYM 04888, a set of postcrania (10 posterior dorsal vertebrae, sacrum, first two caudal vertebrae, dorsal ribs, ilia, pubis and ischium). Its type locality is Baidian Village, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian terrestrial sandstone in the Jinhua Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Baidian Village

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