Reptilia - Saurischia - Mamenchisauridae
Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1954. On a new sauropod from Yiping, Szechuan, China. Acta Paleontologica Sinica 2(4):355-369
Belongs to Mamenchisaurus according to P. Upchurch et al. 2004
See also Dong 1992, Dong 1998, Dong et al. 1983, He 1984, Li et al. 2011, Lü et al. 2008, Martin-Rolland 1999, McIntosh 1990, Naish and Martill 2007, Ouyang and Ye 2002, Rozhdestvensky 1977, Russell and Zheng 1994, Steel 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Young 1954, Young 1954, Young 1958 and Zhang and Chen 1996
Sister taxa: Mamenchisaurus anyuensis, Mamenchisaurus gongjianensis, Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis, Mamenchisaurus jingyanensis, Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum, Mamenchisaurus youngi
Type specimen: IVPP AS V.790, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Mamenchi Ferry, Yibin, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial sandstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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