| Chuanjiesaurus | |
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| Skeleton models ofChuanjiesaurus,Lufengosaurus andSinosaurus, China Science and Technology Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Family: | †Mamenchisauridae |
| Genus: | †Chuanjiesaurus Fanget al., 2000 |
| Species: | †C. anaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Chuanjiesaurus anaensis Fanget al., 2000 | |
Chuanjiesaurus is agenus ofsauropoddinosaurs from the middleJurassic Period. They lived in what is nowChina. Thetype species,Chuanjiesaurus anaensis, was first described by Fang, Pang, Lü, Zhang, Pan, Wang, Li and Cheng in 2000.[1] Fossils of the species were found in the village of Chuanjie, Lufeng County,Yunnan Province, (inChuanjie Formation deposits) and are named after the location where the fossils were discovered.[2]Holtz gave a length of 25 meters (82 ft).[3]
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Chuanjiesaurus was a "behemoth" of its time, with estimates placing its length at 25 meters (82 ft).
Chuanjiesaurus is classified within the family Mamenchisauridae. Once considered a basal eusauropod, recent studies place it as a more derived mamenchisaurid, often associated withMamenchisaurus.
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