Baotianmansaurus

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Baotianmansaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 99–90  Ma
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Holotype specimen at the Henan Geological Museum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Genus: Baotianmansaurus
Zhang X. et al., 2009
Species:
B. henanensis
Binomial name
Baotianmansaurus henanensis
Zhang X. et al., 2009

Baotianmansaurus (named after the Baotianman National Nature Reserve) is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur. Its fossils have been found in Upper Cretaceous rocks in Henan, China, within the Gaogou Formation. The type species is B. henanensis, described in 2009. The holotype is 41H III-0200. Remains of the fossils were vertebrae, ribs and scapula fragments. [1] It was probably a close relative of Opisthocoelicaudia and Dongyangosaurus in Saltasauridae. [2] [3]

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