Biology:Liubangosaurus

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Short description: Extinct genus of dinosaurs


Liubangosaurus
Temporal range: 125–113 Ma
Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification edit
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Animalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Chordata
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Saurischia
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Somphospondyli
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Liubangosaurus
Mo, Xu & Buffetaut, 2010
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Binomial name
Liubangosaurus hei
Mo, Xu & Buffetaut, 2010

Liubangosaurus (meaning "Liubang lizard", after the name of the holotype locality) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous in what is now China . The type and only species is Liubangosaurus hei, first described by Mo Jinyou, Xu Xing and Eric Buffetaut in 2010. Liubangosaurus is known from the holotype NHMG8152, five nearly complete and articulated middle-caudal dorsal vertebrae that were collected from the Xinlong Formation in Fusui County, Guangxi Province. Mo et al. (2010) found that Liubangosaurus belonged to the clade Eusauropoda.[1]

A 2013 comprehensive analysis of basal titanosauriforms found Liubangosaurus to nest in the Somphospondyli, either in Euhelopodidae or Saltasauridae.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q579368 entry