Gongxianosaurus shibeiensis He et al. 1998 (sauropodomorph)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: X. He, C. Wang, S. Liu, F. Zhou, T. Liu, K. Cai, and B. Dai. 1998. [A new species of sauropod from the Early Jurassic of Gongxian Co., Sichuan]. A new species of sauropod from the Early Jurassic of Gongxian Co., Sichuan 18(1):1-6

Belongs to Gongxianosaurus according to S. Bandyopadhyay et al. 2010

See also Allain and Aquesbi 2008, He et al. 1998, Langer et al. 2010, Luo and Wang 2000, Moro et al. 2020, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Tschopp and Mateus 2013, Upchurch et al. 2004, Wilson 2002, Xing et al. 2016 and Xing et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shibei, Hongshacun, which is in a Toarcian terrestrial mudstone in the Ziliujing Formation of China

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Shibei, Hongshacun

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