[D] Lufengosaurus hunei [Su] [sG] [T]
Describer
Young, 1941
Time
?Triassic Late Jurassic Early Jurassic Middle ?Rhaetian Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian Toarcian Aalenian Bajocian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Prosauropoda Plateosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Dark Red Beds of the Lower Lufeng Formation [= Fengjiahe Formation], Dull Purplish Beds of the Lower Lufeng Formation, Yunnan; Zhenzhunchong Formation, Sichuan, China
Info
Genus - Typespecies - Skull
Lufengosaurus hunei (Young, 1941) > Lufengosaurus magnus (Young, 1947) Gyposaurus sinensis (Young, 1941) Fulengia youngi (Caroll & Galton, 1977)
Lufengosaurus hunei (Young, 1941) > Tawasaurus minor (Young, 1982) >> Lufengocephalus tawae (Young, 1974)
More than 30 fragmentary to complete skeletons, juvenile to adult.
Lufengosaurus had distinctive skull bones but broadly resembled its European counterpart Plateosaurus. More than 30 whole or partial Lufengosaurus skeletons are known.