Dinosaur: Yunnanosaurus youngi
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Length*: | 10.8 m | 35.4 ft |
Weight*: | 2.6 tons | 5,732 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Aalenian-Bajocian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Lü et al.
Year: 2007
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Yunnan
Formation: Zhanghe
Classification
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Plateosauria
Massopoda
Sauropodiformes
Other
Material: Partial skeleton without skull.
References: Lu Junchang; Li Tianguang; Zhong Shimin; Azuma Yoichi; Fujita Masato; Dong Zhiming; Ji Qiang (2007) "New yunnanosaurid dinosaur (Dinosauria, Prosauropoda) from the Middle Jurassic Zhanghe Formation of Yuanmou, Yunnan Province of China".
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