Xiaosaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Genus: | †Xiaosaurus Dong & Tang, 1983 |
Species: | †X. dashanpensis
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Binomial name | |
†Xiaosaurus dashanpensis Dong & Tang, 1983
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Xiaosaurus ("dawn lizard", /ʃaʊˈsɔːrəs/), is a genus of small herbivorous dinosaur from the middle Jurassic, approximately 170.3 to 163.5 mya. Xiaosaurus lived in what is now the Sichuan Basin of China.