Xixiposaurus

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Xixiposaurus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic, 201–183  Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade:† Sauropodomorpha
Genus:† Xixiposaurus
Sekiya, 2010
Species:
†X. suni
Binomial name
†Xixiposaurus suni
Sekiya, 2010

Xixiposaurus (meaning "Xixipo lizard") is a genus of "prosauropod" dinosaur which existed in what is now Lower Lufeng Formation, China during the lower Jurassic period. [1] It was first named by Sekiya Toru in 2010 and the type species is X. suni. [1]

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Etymology

The generic name, Xixiposaurus, refers to the village of Xixipo in Lufeng County, Yunnan, China, where the holotype, a partial skeleton with skull named ZLJ01018, was discovered. The specific name, suni, refers to Professor Sun Ge of Jilin University. [1]

Classification

Sekiya (2010)'s phylogenetic analysis places Xixiposaurus as a derived member of a monophyletic Prosauropoda, a hypothesis that is currently unaccepted. It is placed as the sister taxon to Mussaurus in a family Plateosauridae, which also included Riojasaurus , Coloradisaurus , and " Gyposaurus " sinensis . [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 SEKIYA Toru (2010). "A new prosauropod dinosaur from Lower Jurassic in Lufeng of Yunnan". Global Geology. 29 (1): 6–15. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-5589.2010.01.002 (inactive 30 March 2025).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of March 2025 (link)


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