Reptilia - Saurischia - Mamenchisauridae
Alternative combination: Mamenchisaurus hechuanensis
Full reference: S. Chao. 1965. Wǒguó de dà kǒnglóng yī héchuān mǎmén xī lóng [China’s largest dinosaur—Hehchuan-Mamenxian dragon]. Sheng wu xue tong bao [Bulletin of Biology] 1965(4):35-37
Belongs to Mamenchisaurus according to J. Lü et al. 2008
See also Anonymous 1965, Anonymous 1965, Anonymous 1981, Cerda et al. 2015, Chao 1965, Dong 1992, Dong 1997, Dong 1998, Dong et al. 1978, Dong et al. 1983, He 1984, He et al. 1996, Li et al. 2011, Martin-Rolland 1999, McIntosh 1990, Moro et al. 2020, Olshevsky 1981, Ouyang and Ye 2002, Peng et al. 2005, Rozhdestvensky 1977, Russell and Zheng 1994, Taylor et al. 2011, Upchurch et al. 2004, Voichin 1966, Xing et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2009, Young and Chao 1972, Zhang and Chen 1996 and Zhao 1985
Sister taxa: Mamenchisaurus anyuensis, Mamenchisaurus constructus, Mamenchisaurus gongjianensis, Mamenchisaurus jingyanensis, Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum, Mamenchisaurus youngi
Type specimen: CCG V 20401, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Hochuan, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian fluvial siliciclastic in the Shaximiao Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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