Mamenchisaurus anyuensis He et al. 1996 (mamenchisaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Mamenchisauridae

Alternative combination: Mamenchisaurus anyueensis

Full reference: X. He, S. Yang, K. Cai, K. Li, and Z. Liu. 1996. [A new species of sauropod, Mamenchisaurus anyuensis sp. nov.]. Papers on Geosciences Contributed to the 30th International Geological Congress 83-86

Belongs to Mamenchisaurus according to P. Upchurch et al. 2004

See also He et al. 1996, Li et al. 2011, Lü et al. 2008, Ouyang and Ye 2002 and Xing et al. 2009

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

Type specimen: AL 001, a skeleton. Its type locality is Matisi, Anyue, which is in a Jurassic terrestrial sandstone in the Penglaizhen Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (1 collection)

• Jurassic of China (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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