Yunyangosaurus (meaning "Yunyang County lizard") is a genus of possible megalosauroid dinosaur from the Xintiangou Formation in Chongqing, China. The type and only species is Yunyangosaurus puanensis.[1] The name was first published in the 2019 SVP abstract book by Dai (2019) before it was formally described by Dai et al. (2020).[2]
| Yunyangosaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Megalosauroidea |
| Genus: | †Yunyangosaurus Dai et al., 2020 vide Dai, 2019 |
| Type species | |
| †Yunyangosaurus puanensis Dai et al., 2020 | |
The holotype specimen consists of a disarticulated partial skeleton consisting of "eleven presacral vertebrae, several cervical and dorsal ribs and chevrons." Judging from the remains, the animal would have been 4.7 meters (15.4 feet) long.
