Reptilia - Saurischia - Mamenchisauridae
Full reference: X. He, K. Li, K. Cai and Y. Gao. 1984. [Omeisaurus tianfuensis—a new species of Omeisaurus from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan]. Journal of Chengdu College of Geology 1984(suppl. 2):13-32
Belongs to Omeisaurus according to G. Peng et al. 2005
See also Apesteguía 2005, Buffetaut et al. 1993, Buffetaut et al. 2006, Dong 1992, Dong 1997, Dong 1997, Dong 1998, Galton and Knoll 2006, He et al. 1984, He et al. 1988, Jiang et al. 2011, Li et al. 2011, Martin-Rolland 1999, McIntosh 1990, Ren et al. 2021, Russell and Zheng 1994, Saegusa et al. 2010, Saegusa and Tomida 2011, Salgado and Coria 2005, Tan et al. 2019, Tschopp and Mateus 2013, Upchurch et al. 2004, Vickaryous and Ryan 1997, Wilson and Sereno 1998, Ye et al. 2007 and Zhang and Chen 1996
Sister taxa: Omeisaurus changshouensis, Omeisaurus fuxiensis, Omeisaurus jiaoi, Omeisaurus junghsiensis, Omeisaurus luoquanensis, Omeisaurus maoianus, Omeisaurus puxiani
Type specimen: ZDM T7501, a 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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