Genus
Valid Extinct

Gyposaurus

Broom 1911

Gyposaurus is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the early Jurassic of South Africa. It is usually considered to represent juveniles of other prosauropods, but "G." sinensis is regarded as a possibly valid species.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
9
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Gyposaurus
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Skeleton of '"Gyposaurus" sinensis on display at the Geological Museum of China. © Jonathan Chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Bagualosauria Unranked clade
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Plateosauria Unranked clade
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Anchisauria Unranked clade
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Prosauropoda Unranked clade
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Anchisauridae Family
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Gyposaurus Genus
Fossil sites 9 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
9
Geological formations
Lufeng
8
Zhenzhuchong
1
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
1
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
6
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Gyposaurus sinensis 201 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. Broom. 1911. On the dinosaurs of the Stormberg, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 7(4):291-308
Bibliography (6)
Z. Dong. 1992. Dinosaurian Faunas of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing
D. J. Simmons. 1965. The non-therapsid reptiles of the Lufeng Basin, Yunnan, China. Fieldiana: Geology 15(1):1-93 DOI ↗
S.-Y. Hu. 1961. [Some reptilian fossils from Lufeng, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 5(3):278-283
C.-C. Young. 1951. The Lufeng saurischian fauna in China. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C 13:1-96
C.-C. Young. 1948. Further notes on Gyposaurus sinensis Young. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 28(1-2):91-103
C.-C. Young. 1941. Gyposaurus sinensis Young (sp. nov.) a new Prosauropoda from the Upper Triassic beds at Lufeng, Yunnan. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 21(2-4):205-252 DOI ↗