Sanxiasaurus modaoxiensis
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Dinosaur: Sanxiasaurus modaoxiensis
| Length*: | 1.7 m | 5.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 12 kg | 26 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Aalenian
Years: 174.7–170.9 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Li et al.
Year: 2019
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Yunnan
Formation: Xintiangou
Classification
Locations
Sources
Material: Vertebrae (2 cervical, 11 dorsal, 4 sacral, 18 caudal), humeri, radii, ulnas, partial right ilium and ischium, femora, tibiae, left fibula, 3 metatarsi and 4 phalanges.
References: Li, N., Dai, H., Tan, C., Hu, X., Wei, Z., Lin, Y., … Peng, G. (2019). A neornithischian dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of Yunyang, Chongqing, China: the earliest record in Asia.
