Dashanpusaurus

Dashanpusaurus (meaning "Dashanpu lizard" after the township it was discovered in) is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the middle of the Jurassic period.

The Dashanpusaurus holotype, ZDM 5028, a partial skeleton lacking the skull, was unearthed in the Sichuan, China township of Dashanpu, in a layer of the Shaximiao Formation.

Other than the dinosaur's holotype, numerous other Dashanpusaurus specimens have been recovered from the area among which the paratype ZDM 5027, another partial skeleton.

[1] A phylogenetic analysis conducted by Mo Jinyou in 2013 recovered Dashanpusaurus as a non-neosauropod eusauropod, more derived than Shunosaurus but more basal than Barapasaurus.

[3] Dashanpusaurus Camarasaurus Lourinhasaurus Bellusaurus Janenschia Aragosaurus Europasaurus Euhelopus Galvesaurus Tehuelchesaurus Tastavinsaurus Titanosauriformes

A monochrome drawing of Barapasaurus tagorei. It is a sauropod with four legs, a long tail, and a long neck.
Barapasaurus tagorei