Full reference: Z. Dong and Z. Tang. 1984. [Note on a new Mid-Jurassic sauropod (Datousaurus bashanensis gen. et sp. nov.) from Sichuan Basin, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22(1):69-75
Belongs to Datousaurus according to G. Peng et al. 2005
See also Buffetaut et al. 1993, Dong 1992, Dong 1997, Dong and Tang 1984, He et al. 1984, Li et al. 2011, Martin-Rolland 1999, McIntosh 1990, Tschopp and Mateus 2013, Upchurch et al. 2004, Wilson 2002 and Zhang and Chen 1996
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V.7262-7263, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower], which is in a Bajocian/Oxfordian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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