Gongbusaurus shiyii Dong et al. 1983

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Fabrosauridae

Alternative combination: Gongbusaurus shiyi

Full reference: Z. Dong, S. Zhou, and H. Zhang. 1983. [Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan]. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 162(23):1-136

Belongs to Gongbusaurus according to G. Peng et al. 2005

See also Dong 1989, Dong 1992, Dong et al. 1983, Hasegawa et al. 1990, Knoll 1999, Li et al. 2011, Norman et al. 2004, Peng 1997 and Ruiz-OmeƱaca et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Gongbusaurus wucaiwanensis

Type specimen: IVPP V9069-1, 9069-2. Its type locality is IVPP Rong H6-2, Duxin, Rongxian, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian terrestrial horizon in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Distribution: found only at IVPP Rong H6-2, Duxin, Rongxian

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