Dianchungosaurus

Dianchungosaurus; Temporal range: Early Jurassic, ;
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	Crocodyliformes
Genus:	†Dianchungosaurus; Young, 1982
Species:	†D. lufengensis
Binomial name
	†Dianchungosaurus lufengensis; Young, 1982
Synonyms
	Dianchungosaurus elegans Zhao, 1986; Tianchungosaurus Young, 1982;

Dianchungosaurus (meaning "Dianchung lizard"^[1]) is an extinct genus of mesoeucrocodylian crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic of China. It was previously considered a dinosaur, but it was recently reclassified as a mesoeucrocodylian by Paul Barrett and Xing Xu (2005).^[2] It is probably the same animal as the informally named "Tianchungosaurus".^[1] The type species is D. lufengensis and it was described in 1982.^[1] A second species, D. elegans, was named in 1986,^[3] but it has since become a synonym of the type species.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c C.-C. Young. (1982). [On a new genus of dinosaur from Lufeng, Yunnan]. Selected Works of Yang Zhungjian. Science Press, Beijing 38-42
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference BX05 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Zhao, (1986). The Cretaceous biota of China: Reptilia. in Hao, Su, Yu, Li, Li, Wang, Qi, Guan, Hu, Liu, Yang, Ye, Shou and Zang (eds.). The Cretaceous System of China. Stratigraphy of China. 12, 67-73, plates XI, XII.

[Young1982-1] C.-C. Young. (1982). [On a new genus of dinosaur from Lufeng, Yunnan]. Selected Works of Yang Zhungjian. Science Press, Beijing 38-42

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[3] Zhao, (1986). The Cretaceous biota of China: Reptilia. in Hao, Su, Yu, Li, Li, Wang, Qi, Guan, Hu, Liu, Yang, Ye, Shou and Zang (eds.). The Cretaceous System of China. Stratigraphy of China. 12, 67-73, plates XI, XII.

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