200 million-year-old skull helps solve sauropod evolution

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This beautifully preserved fossilised skull belongs to Yizhousaurus sunae, a new species of dinosaur recently discovered in China.

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The 9.2 metre Yizhousaurus was an early representative of the sauropods, a group of long-necked plant-eating dinosaurs who walked on all fours and later reached huge proportions. Well known sauropods include Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus, the giant sauropod Argentinosaurus weighed in at 80 tonnes and grew up to 30 metres in length.

A complete sauropod skull is a rare find, yet Yizhousaurus was part of a larger find that included a nearly complete set of bones. The find will help palaeontologists unravel the early sauropod evolution of the group. Yizhousaurus lived 200 million years ago on the flood plains around what is now Lufeng in the Yunnan Province of South China.

Via: newscientist

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