- Type of dinosaur:
- prosauropod
- Length:
- 9.0m
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- When it lived:
- Early Jurassic, 195-190 million years ago
- Found in:
- China
Quite a lot is known about this dinosaur from 10 partial skeletons and a skull.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Prosauropoda
- Named by:
- Bai, Yang and Wang (1990)
- Type species:
- youngi
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