Genus
Valid Extinct

Yunyangosaurus

Dai et al. 2020

Yunyangosaurus is a genus of possible megalosauroid dinosaur from the Xintiangou Formation in Chongqing, China. The type and only species is Yunyangosaurus puanensis. The name was first published in the 2019 SVP abstract book by Dai (2019) before it was formally described by Dai et al. (2020). Yunyangosaurus had a single specimen, CLGPR v00002.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Yunyangosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Xintiangou
1
Temporal distribution
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Yunyangosaurus puanensis 184 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
H. Dai, R. Benson, and X. Hu, C. Tan, N. Li, M. Xiao, H. Hu, Y. Zhou, Z. Wei, F. Zhang, S. Jiang, D. Li, G. Peng, Y. Yu, X. Xu. 2020. A new possible megalosauroid theropod from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of Chongqing, People’s Republic of China and its implication for early tetanuran evolution. Scientific Reports 10:139 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
H. Dai, R. Benson, and X. Hu, C. Tan, N. Li, M. Xiao, H. Hu, Y. Zhou, Z. Wei, F. Zhang, S. Jiang, D. Li, G. Peng, Y. Yu, X. Xu. 2020. A new possible megalosauroid theropod from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of Chongqing, People’s Republic of China and its implication for early tetanuran evolution. Scientific Reports 10:139 DOI ↗