Chiayusaurus

Chiayusaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Barremian–Aptian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Family: Euhelopodidae
Genus: Chiayusaurus
Bohlin, 1953
Species:
C. lacustris
Binomial name
Chiayusaurus lacustris
Bohlin, 1953
Other species
  • Chiayusaurus asianensis? Lee, Yang & Park, 1997
Synonyms
  • Chiayüsaurus Bohlin, 1953
  • Chiayuesaurus Bohlin, 1953

Chiayusaurus (meaning "Chia-yu-kuan lizard", after where it was found) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur known from teeth found in China and possibly also South Korea. Two species have been named for this obscure genus, though only the type, C. lacustris, is still seen as valid. It was originally named as Chiayüsaurus, but the ICZN does not permit special characters, so the name was corrected to Chiayusaurus. The obsolete name can still be seen in older sources, though. As a sauropod, Chiayusaurus would have been a large, quadrupedal herbivore.[1]

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