Dianchungosaurus
Sign in to saveDianchungosaurus (meaning "Dianchung lizard") is an extinct genus of mesoeucrocodylian crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic of China. It was previously considered a dinosaur, but it was recently reclassified as a mesoeucrocodylian by Paul Barrett and Xing Xu (2005). It is probably the same animal as the informally named "Tianchungosaurus". The type species is D. lufengensis and it was described in 1982. A second species, D. elegans, was named in 1986, but it has since become a synonym of the type species.
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Dianchungosaurus (meaning "Dianchung lizard") is an extinct genus of mesoeucrocodylian crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic of China. It was previously considered a dinosaur, but it was recently reclassified as a mesoeucrocodylian by Paul Barrett and Xing Xu (2005). It is probably the same animal as the informally named "Tianchungosaurus". The type species is D. lufengensis and it was described in 1982. A second species, D. elegans, was named in 1986, but it has since become a synonym of the type species.
== Material == Two specimens were originally referred to this taxon: IVPP V4735a (holotype): an isolated premaxilla. IVPP V4735b (paratype): cojoined partial left and right dentaries with teeth and left splenial
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