Yunnanosaurus

CLASSIFICATION

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Yunnanosaurus Young, 1942 a.k.a YünnanosaurusTYPE SPECIES:Y. huangi Young, 1942 MISASSIGNED SPECIES:Y. robustus Young, 1951 “robust Yunnan Province lizard” == Y. huangi

Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria Sauropodomorpha

see also: Genus Index, Classification

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MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 7 m

see also: World Records

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TIME

Hettangian to Pliensbachian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

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PLACE

China

see also: Paleo-Maps

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REMAINS

• 20 skeletons (some complete, some juvenile), 2 skulls

see also: Anatomy

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ESSAY

A sauropod-like maxilla assigned to this genus is now thought to actually be from a sauropod.