Gyposaurus

Gyposaurus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic, 196.5–189.6 Ma
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G. sinensis fossil on display at the Geological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: †Sauropodomorpha
Clade: †Plateosauria
Genus: †Gyposaurus
Broom, 1911
Type species
†Gyposaurus capensis
(Broom, 1911)
Other species
  • †Gyposaurus sinensis (Yang, 1941)

Gyposaurus (meaning "vulture lizard", referring to the outdated hypothesis that prosauropods were carnivores) is a genus of prosauropod from the early Jurassic of South Africa and China. It is usually considered to represent juveniles of other prosauropods, but "G." sinensis is regarded as a possibly valid species.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Galton, P.M., and Upchurch, P. (2004). Prosauropoda. In: D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, & H. Osmólska (eds.), The Dinosauria (second edition). University of California Press:Berkeley, 232-258. ISBN 0-520-24209-2