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Yandusaurus hongheensis
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Yandusaurus hongheensis

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Yandusaurus is a genus of basal neornithischian dinosaur from the middle Jurassic (Bathonian age, approximately 168 to 162 Ma) of eastern Asia. The type species is Y. hongheensis, described in 1979 from the Lower Shaximiao Formation of Sichuan Province, China.

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Parent taxon
Ornithopoda
Image
Zigong Dinosaur Museum Yandusaurus Yangchuanosaurus.jpg
Length
3.0
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Yandusaurus
time period
Middle Jurassic
location of discovery
China
main food source
herbivore
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Article · Italiano

Lo yandusauro (Yandusaurus hongheensis) è un dinosauro erbivoro appartenente agli ornitopodi, vissuto nel Giurassico medio (Bathoniano, circa 165 milioni di anni fa). I suoi resti fossili sono stati ritrovati in Cina.

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