Omeisaurus luoquanensis Li 1988 (mamenchisaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Mamenchisauridae

Belongs to Omeisaurus according to C. Tan et al. 2019

See also Dong 1992, He et al. 1988, Jiang et al. 2011, Li et al. 2011, Martin-Rolland 1999 and Upchurch et al. 2004

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

Type specimen: IVPP V.21501, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Luoquan village, which is in an Oxfordian terrestrial horizon in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Luoquan village

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