Genus
Valid Extinct

Gongxianosaurus

He et al. 1998

Gongxianosaurus is a genus of basal sauropod dinosaur from the early Jurassic Period. The only species is Gongxianosaurus shibeiensis. Based on four fragmentary to complete specimens found in the Ziliujing Formation, China, it is one of the most completely known early sauropods. The skeleton is known in large part, missing both the hand and the majority of the skull. Gongxianosaurus was firstly named and described in a short note published in 1998; however, a comprehensive description has yet to be published. Gongxianosaurus shibeiensis was named for the place it was found, near the village Shibei in Gong County.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Gongxianosaurus
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Strict reduced consensus at the genus level of the most parsimonious trees recovered following the phylogenetic analysis. The original dataset is based on the matrix and scorings of Zhang et al. 2019 (except for Irisosaurus) and includes 62 taxa for 364 characters. This reduced consensus displays 39 taxa. It is based on 2 MPTs of 1,300 steps each (CI = 0.33, RI = 0.69). Dashed lines mean that the exact age of the genus is uncertain. Clades: 1, Sauropodomorpha; 2, Plateosauridae; 3, Massopoda; 4, Massospondylidae; 5, Riojasauridae; 6, Sauropodiformes; 7, Lessemsauridae. Squares represent stem-based definitions, ellipses represent node-based definitions. © Peyre de Fabrègues, C., Bi, S., Li, H. et al. · 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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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Gongxianosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
12,5 m ⓘ
Gongxianosaurus shibeiensis 
Mass
4 000 kg ⓘ
Gongxianosaurus shibeiensis 
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Ziliujing
1
Temporal distribution
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Gongxianosaurus shibeiensis 184 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
X. He, C. Wang, and S. Liu, F. Zhou, T. Liu, K. Cai, B. Dai. 1998. [A new species of sauropod from the Early Jurassic of Gongxian Co., Sichuan]. A new species of sauropod from the Early Jurassic of Gongxian Co., Sichuan 18(1):1-6
Bibliography (1)
X. He, C. Wang, and S. Liu, F. Zhou, T. Liu, K. Cai, B. Dai. 1998. [A new species of sauropod from the Early Jurassic of Gongxian Co., Sichuan]. A new species of sauropod from the Early Jurassic of Gongxian Co., Sichuan 18(1):1-6