Chuanjiesaurus
Chuanjiesaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs from the middle Jurassic Period. They lived in what is now China. The type species, Chuanjiesaurus anaensis, was first described by Fang, Pang, Lü, Zhang, Pan, Wang, Li and Cheng in 2000. Fossils of the species were found in the village of Chuanjie, Lufeng County, Yunnan Province, (in Chuanjie Formation deposits) and are named after the location where the fossils were discovered. Holtz gave a length of 25 meters (82 ft).
| Chuanjiesaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, | |
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| Skeleton models of Chuanjiesaurus, Lufengosaurus and Sinosaurus, China Science and Technology Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Family: | †Mamenchisauridae |
| Genus: | †Chuanjiesaurus Fang et al., 2000 |
| Species: | †C. anaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Chuanjiesaurus anaensis Fang et al., 2000 | |
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