[D] Omeisaurus maoianus [Su]
Describer
Tang, Jin, Kang & Zhang, 2001
Time
Jurassic Middle Jurassic Late Callovian Oxfordian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Cetiosauridae Shunosaurinae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Shangshaximiao Formation, Jingyan City, Sichuan, Yanjingzhen hillside near Huangshikan, China
Fall Under
Omeisaurus
Info
Skull
Omeisaurus > Omeisaurus junghsiensis (Young, 1939) = Zigongosaurus fuxiensis (Hou, Chao & Chu, 1976)
Omeisaurus > Omeisaurus changshouensis (Young, 1958) > Omeisaurus fuxiensis (Dong, Zhou & Zhang, 1983) > Omeisaurus tianfuensis (He, Li, Cai & Gao, 1984) > Omeisaurus luoquanensis (Li, 1988) > Omeisaurus maoianus (Tang, Jin, Kang & Zhang, 2001) > Omeisaurus jiaoi > (Jiang, Liu, F., Peng & Ye 2011)
ZNM N8510: Partial skeleton w/ nearly complete skull, including 3 cervicals, 4 dorsals, 22 caudals, pelvic girdle, forelimbs, hindlimbs, metapodials, missing pectoral girdle & some digits Hypodigm APK:90/75: Holotype skeleton only
The species epithet honors Prof. Mao Zhaoxi of Zhejiang University (the ZNM in the holotype cat. no. designates the Zhejiang Natural Museum), former director of the Cultural Bureau of Zhejiang Province and a supporter of the work on this specimen.