Yizhousaurus sunae Zhang et al. 2018 (sauropodomorph)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: Q.-N. Zhang, H.-L. You, T. Wang and S. Chatterjee. 2018. A new sauropodiform dinosaur with a ‘sauropodan’ skull from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of Yunnan Province, China. Scientific Reports 8:13464:1-12

Belongs to Yizhousaurus according to Q.-N. Zhang et al. 2018

See also Moro et al. 2020, Peyre de Fabrègues et al. 2021 and Peyre de Fabrègues et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LFGT-ZLJ0033, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Duwafang Village, which is in a Sinemurian terrestrial horizon in the Lufeng Formation of China.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Duwafang Village

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