Changchunsaurus
| Changchunsaurus Temporal range: Early-Late Cretaceous,
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Life reconstruction of Changchunsaurus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Family: | †Thescelosauridae |
| Genus: | †Changchunsaurus Zan et al., 2005 |
| Species: | †C. parvus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Changchunsaurus parvus Zan et al., 2005
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Changchunsaurus (meaning "
China. It is the first named dinosaur genus from Jilin.[1]
Description
Changchunsaurus was first named by Zan Shu-Qin, Chen Jun, Jin Li-Yong and Li Tao in
lower jaw also known. Only the skull was figured and described in the official description.[1]
According to Zan et al. 2005, who described it, the animal shows a combination of features like those of
type individual was a small animal, around 1 meter long (3.3 feet, with a skull 11.5 centimeters long (4.5 inches). It was originally classified as a basal ornithopod, family unknown, although it was not included in a formal phylogenetic analysis.[1]
Later, some referred specimens were described and in 2010 its
cranial anatomy was revised.[2]
Classification
In Butler et al., 2011, the
The following cladogram was based on analysis by Makovicky et al., 2011.[4]
| Neornithischia |
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References
External links
- Changchunsaurus at Dinosaur.net.cn, with the article summary and photograph. (slow-loading)
