Jiutaisaurus

Taxobox
name = "Jiutaisaurus"


image_width=200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
familia =
genus = "Jiutaisaurus"
genus_authority = Wu "et al"., 2006
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "Jiutaisaurus xidiensis"

"Jiutaisaurus" is a genus of dinosaur from the Quantou Formation of China. "Jiutaisaurus" was a sauropod which lived during the Cretaceous. The type species, "Jiutaisaurus xidiensis", was described by Wu "et al" in 2006, and is based on eighteen vertebrae.

References

* Wu, W.-H., Dong, Z.-M., Sun, Y.-W., Li, C.-T., and Li, T. (2006). "A New Sauropod Dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Jiutai, Jilin, China". "Global Geology" 25(1): 6-9.

External links

* [http://dml.cmnh.org/2006May/msg00341.html Dinosaur Mailing List entry which announces the genus]