Lufengosaurus

Lufengosaurus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic, 195–190 Ma
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Holotype of L. huenei on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: †Sauropodomorpha
Family: †Massospondylidae
Genus: †Lufengosaurus
Young, 1940
Species
  • †L. huenei Young, 1940(type)
  • †L. magnus Young, 1947
Synonyms

Lufengosaurus (Chinese: 祿豐龍 or 禄丰龙, meaning "Lufeng lizard") is a genus of massospondylid dinosaur which lived during the Early Jurassic period in what is now southwestern China.[1]

  1. ^ "Lufengosaurus." In: Dodson, Peter & Britt, Brooks & Carpenter, Kenneth & Forster, Catherine A. & Gillette, David D. & Norell, Mark A. & Olshevsky, George & Parrish, J. Michael & Weishampel, David B. The Age of Dinosaurs. Publications International, LTD. p. 38. ISBN 0-7853-0443-6.