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Dinosaur: Yunnanosaurus huangi
Jurassic: 201.4–190.8 Ma
| Length*: | 5 m | 16.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 250 kg | 551 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Hettangian-Sinemurian
Years: 201.4–190.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Young
Year: 1942
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Yunnan
Formation: Lower Lufeng
Locations
Sources
Material: More than 20 individuals.
References: C-C. Young (1942) "Yunnanosaurus huangi Young (gen. et sp. nov.), a new Prosauropoda from the red beds at Lufeng, Yunnan".
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