Omeisaurus puxiani Tan et al. 2020 (mamenchisaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Mamenchisauridae

Full reference: C. Tan, M. Xiao, H. Dai, X.-F. Hu, N. Li, Q.-Y. Ma, Z.-Y. Wei, H.-D. Yu, C. Xiong, G.-Z. Peng, S. Jiang, X.-X. Ren, and H.-L. You. 2020. A new species of Omeisaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Yunyang, Chongqing, China. Historical Biology

Belongs to Omeisaurus according to C. Tan et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Omeisaurus changshouensis, Omeisaurus fuxiensis, Omeisaurus jiaoi, Omeisaurus junghsiensis, Omeisaurus luoquanensis, Omeisaurus maoianus, Omeisaurus tianfuensis

Type specimen: CLGRP V00005, a partial skeleton (Postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Laojun Village, Pu’an Town, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian terrestrial siltstone/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Laojun Village, Pu’an Town

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.