Yimenosaurus youngi Bai et al. 1990 (prosauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Alternative combination: Yimenosaurus yangi

Full reference: Z. Bai, J. Yang, and G. Wang. 1990. [Yimenosaurus, a new genus of Prosauropoda from Yimen County, Yunnan province]. Yuxiwenbo (Yuxi Culture and Scholarship) 1:14-23

Belongs to Yimenosaurus according to J. Lü et al. 2007

See also Apaldetti et al. 2011, Bai et al. 1990, Galton and Upchurch 2004, Peyre de Fabrègues et al. 2020 and Yao et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YXV 8701. Its type locality is Jiaojiadian (YXV), which is in a Hettangian terrestrial mudstone in the Fengjiahe Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Jiaojiadian (YXV)

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