Xixiposaurus
Encyclopedia
Xixiposaurus is a genus
of prosauropod dinosaur
which existed in what is now Lower Lufeng Formation, China
during the lower Jurassic period. It was first named by Sekiya Toru in 2010
and the type species is Xixiposaurus suni.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of prosauropod dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
which existed in what is now Lower Lufeng Formation, China
China
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during the lower Jurassic period. It was first named by Sekiya Toru in 2010
2010 in paleontology
-Anomalocaridids:-Newly named crustaceans:-Newly named insects:* A new family, Cascopleciidae, is published by Poinar Jr.* A new family of ceraphronoid Hymenopters, Radiophronidae, is published by Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn, and Delclòs....
and the type species is Xixiposaurus suni.