Qinlingosaurus
genus of reptiles (fossil)
Qinlingosaurus is a genus of herbivorous sauropod from the late Cretaceous, one of the last in Asia. The fossil evidence is very limited: it is only an ilium, ischium and three vertebrae.
| Qinlingosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Family: | †incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Qinlingosaurus Xue et al., 1996 |
| Species: | †Q. luonanensis
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| Qinlingosaurus luonanensis Xue et al., 1996
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The type species is Qinlingosaurus luonanensis. The generic name comes from where the first fossils were found in the Qinling mountain range in China.[1]
References
change- ↑ Xue X. et al 1996. The development and environmental changes of the intermontane basins in the Eastern part of Qinling Mountains. Geological Publishing House, Beijing. 181 pp.
