Xianshanosaurus shijiagouensis Lü et al. 2009 (euhelopodid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Euhelopodidae

Full reference: J. Lü, L. Xu, X. Jiang, S. Jia, M. Li, C. Yuan, X. Zhang and Q. Ji. 2009. A preliminary report on the new dinosaurian fauna from the Cretaceous of the Ruyang Basin, Henan Province of central China. Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea 25(1):43-56

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

See also Averianov and Sues 2017, Jiang et al. 2011, Lü et al. 2009, Poropat et al. 2023 and Yang et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KLR-07-62, a set of postcrania (10 caudal vertebrae, one haemal arch, right coracoid, left femur and several thoracic ribs). Its type locality is Haoling Village, Liudian Town, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial mudstone in the Haoling Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Haoling Village, Liudian Town

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