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Gyposaurus
genus of reptiles (fossil) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gyposaurus (meaning "vulture lizard", referring to the outdated hypothesis that prosauropods were carnivores) is a genus of prosauropod from the early Jurassic of South Africa and China.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]
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Gyposaurus | |
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G. sinensis fossil on display at the Geological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Plateosauria |
Genus: | †Gyposaurus Broom, 1911 |
Type species | |
†Gyposaurus capensis (Broom, 1911) | |
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