Omeisaurus maoianus Tang et al. 2001 (mamenchisaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Mamenchisauridae

Full reference: F. Tang, X.-S. Jin, X.-M. Kang and G.-J. Zhang. 2001. Omeisaurus maoianus: a complete Sauropoda from Jingyan, Sichuan 1-128

Belongs to Omeisaurus according to C. Tan et al. 2019

See also Jiang et al. 2011, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Saegusa et al. 2010 and Saegusa and Tomida 2011

Sister taxa: Omeisaurus changshouensis, Omeisaurus fuxiensis, Omeisaurus jiaoi, Omeisaurus junghsiensis, Omeisaurus luoquanensis, Omeisaurus puxiani, Omeisaurus tianfuensis

Type specimen: ZNM N8510, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Omeisaurus maoianus type-locality, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian terrestrial horizon in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Omeisaurus maoianus type-locality

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