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Yingshanosaurus

Yingshanosaurus

Pronunciation:: ying-shan-oh-sore-us
Name meaning:: 'Mt. Ying lizard'

Yingshanosaurus

Type of dinosaur:: armoured dinosaur

Diet:: herbivorous
When it lived:: Late Jurassic, 159-142 million years ago
Found in:: China

This dinosaur was named in a Japanese dinosaur book, but has not been fully described yet (it is a nomen nudum).

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Thyreophora, Stegosauria
Named by:: Watanabe (1992)
Type species:: jichuanensis

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