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Yimenosaurus
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Quite a lot is known about this dinosaur from 10 partial skeletons and a skull.
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- Pronounced
- yee-muhn-oh-sore-us
- Meaning of name
- Yimen lizard
- Length
- 9m
- Diet
- herbivorous
- When it lived
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Early Jurassic
(195 - 190 million years ago) - Found in
- Peoples Republic of China
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Prosauropoda, Yimenosaurus
- Named by
- Bai, Yang and Wang (1990)
- Type species
- youngi