Gyposaurus

Gyposaurus; Temporal range: Early Jurassic, 196.5–189.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	G. sinensis fossil on display at the Geological Museum of China
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Suborder:	†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:	†Plateosauria
Genus:	†Gyposaurus; Broom, 1911
Type species
	†Gyposaurus capensis; (Broom, 1911)
Other species
	†Gyposaurus sinensis (Yang, 1941);

Gyposaurus (meaning "vulture lizard", referring to the outdated hypothesis that prosauropods were carnivores) is a genus of prosauropod from the early Jurassic of South Africa and China. It is usually considered to represent juveniles of other prosauropods, but "G." sinensis is regarded as a possibly valid species.[1]

References

Galton, P.M., and Upchurch, P. (2004). Prosauropoda. In: D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, & H. Osmólska (eds.), The Dinosauria (second edition). University of California Press:Berkeley, 232-258. ISBN 0-520-24209-2

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