Xixiposaurus
Xixiposaurus (meaning "Xixipo lizard" after the village where it was found[1]) is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur which existed in what is now Lower Lufeng Formation, China during the lower Jurassic period.[2] It was first named by Sekiya Toru in 2010 and the type species is X. suni.[2]
| Xixiposaurus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Genus: | †Xixiposaurus Sekiya, 2010 |
| Species: | †X. suni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Xixiposaurus suni Sekiya, 2010 | |
References
- Atkinson, L. "XIXIPOSAURUS :: from DinoChecker's dinosaur archive". ‹http://www.dinochecker.com/dinosaurs/XIXIPOSAURUS›. Web access: 21st Nov 2020.
- SEKIYA Toru (2010). "A new prosauropod dinosaur from Lower Jurassic in Lufeng of Yunnan". Global Geology. 29 (1): 6–15. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-5589.2010.01.002.
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