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DIANCHUNGOSAURUS
(de-an-chung-o-sor-us)
Named By: C.inC. Young in 1982
Time Period: Sinemurian 195.5-189.6 Ma
Location: China, Yunnan Province - Lufeng Formation
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains
Diet: Uncertain
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Archosauromorpha | Crocodylomorpha | Mesoeucrocodylia |
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Dianchungosaurus is an extinct genus of mesoeucrocodylian crocodylomorph 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.

Read more about Dianchungosaurus at Wikipedia
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