Reptilia - Saurischia - Massospondylidae
Alternative combinations: Lufengosaurus hueni, Massospondylus huenei
Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1940. Preliminary notes on the Lufeng vertebrate fossils. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 20(3-4):235-239
Belongs to Lufengosaurus according to T. Sekiya and Z. Dong 2010
See also Apaldetti et al. 2011, Barrett et al. 2005, Barrett et al. 2007, Barrett and Xu 2012, Bien 1941, Charig 1967, Cooper 1981, Demathieu 1970, Dong 1992, Galton 2007, Galton and Cluver 1976, Galton and Upchurch 2004, Hu 1961, Jain et al. 1979, Langer et al. 2010, Lü et al. 2007, McCrea et al. 2015, Peyre de Fabrègues et al. 2021, Peyre de Fabrègues et al. 2020, Reisz et al. 2010, Rozhdestvensky 1965, Rozhdestvensky 1977, Simmons 1965, Smith and Pol 2007, Steel 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Upchurch et al. 2007, Xing et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2016, Xing et al. 2016, Yao et al. 2022, Yates 2003, Young 1941, Young 1941, Young 1942, Young 1944, Young 1946, Young 1947 and Young 1951
Sister taxa: Lufengosaurus changduensis, Lufengosaurus magnus
Type specimen: IVPP V15, a skeleton. Its type locality is Shawan, Lufeng, which is in a Hettangian terrestrial sandstone in the Lufeng Formation of China.
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (12 collections)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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