- Pronunciation:
- ywahn-moo-sore-us
- Name meaning:
- 'Yuanmou (area where the type locality is) lizard'
- Type of dinosaur:
- sauropod
- Length:
- 17.0m
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- When it lived:
- Mid Jurassic, 180–159 million years ago
- Found in:
- China
Yuanmousaurus is known from an incomplete skeleton.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda
- Named by:
- Lü, Li, Ji, Wang, Zhang and Dong (2006)
- Type species:
- jiangyiensis
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