Xixiposaurus

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

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

EtymologyEdit

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]

ClassificationEdit

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]


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