Dianchungosaurus

Dianchungosaurus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
195.5–189.6 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Genus: †Dianchungosaurus
Young, 1982
Species:
†D. lufengensis
Binomial name
†Dianchungosaurus lufengensis
Young, 1982
Synonyms
  • Dianchungosaurus elegans Zhao, 1986
  • Tianchungosaurus Young, 1982

Dianchungosaurus (meaning "Dianchung lizard"[1]) is an extinct genus of mesoeucrocodylian crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic of China. It was previously considered a dinosaur, but it was recently reclassified as a mesoeucrocodylian by Paul Barrett and Xing Xu (2005).[2] It is probably the same animal as the informally named "Tianchungosaurus".[1] The type species is D. lufengensis and it was described in 1982.[1] A second species, D. elegans, was named in 1986,[3] but it has since become a synonym of the type species.[2]

  1. ^ a b c C.-C. Young. (1982). [On a new genus of dinosaur from Lufeng, Yunnan]. Selected Works of Yang Zhungjian. Science Press, Beijing 38-42
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference BX05 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Zhao, (1986). The Cretaceous biota of China: Reptilia. in Hao, Su, Yu, Li, Li, Wang, Qi, Guan, Hu, Liu, Yang, Ye, Shou and Zang (eds.). The Cretaceous System of China. Stratigraphy of China. 12, 67-73, plates XI, XII.