Mamenchisaurus youngi Pi et al. 1996 (mamenchisaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Mamenchisauridae

Belongs to Mamenchisaurus according to J. Lü et al. 2008

See also Barrett et al. 2010, Läng and Goussard 2007, Li et al. 2011, Maisch and Matzke 2019, Ouyang and Ye 2002, Peng et al. 2005, Ren et al. 2021, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Royo-Torres and Upchurch 2012, Saegusa et al. 2010, Saegusa and Tomida 2011, Tan et al. 2019, Upchurch et al. 2004, Xing et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2008 and Xing et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Mamenchisaurus anyuensis, Mamenchisaurus constructus, Mamenchisaurus gongjianensis, Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis, Mamenchisaurus jingyanensis, Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum

Type specimen: ZDM 0083. Its type locality is Jiujingba, Xinming, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian terrestrial horizon in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Jiujingba, Xinming

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