| Sanpasaurus | |
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| Dorsal vertebra | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Genus: | †Sanpasaurus Young, 1944 |
| Species: | †S. yaoi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sanpasaurus yaoi Young, 1944 | |
Sanpasaurus ("Sanpa lizard") is a poorly knownsauropoddinosaur from theEarly Jurassic ofSichuan,China. Thetype species,S. yaoi, was described byChung Chien Young, in 1944. Thetype remains,IVPP V.156, consists of 20vertebrae,scapulae, forelimbs, and some hindlimb bones.[1]Initially reported by Young as anornithopodornithischian,[1] this specimen was unambiguously referred toSauropoda[2][3] in 2016 by McPheeet al.,[4] later refined to a basalgravisaurian position by Polet al. in 2020 and 2022, closely related toVulcanodon andTazoudasaurus.[5][6]Sanpasaurus is known from remains recovered from the Maanshan Member of theZiliujing Formation.
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