Yuanmousaurus jiangyiensis Lü et al. 2006 (mamenchisaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Mamenchisauridae

Full reference: J. Lü, S. Li, G. Wang, J. Zhang, and Z. Dong. 2006. New eusauropod dinosaur from Yuanmou of Yunnan province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 80(1):1-10

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

See also Lü et al. 2006, Ren et al. 2021 and Tan et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YMV 601, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Banqing Houshanliangzi, Jiangyi (Zhanghe Fm.), which is in a Jurassic terrestrial horizon in the Zhanghe Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Banqing Houshanliangzi, Jiangyi (Zhanghe Fm.)

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