Xianshanosaurus Lü et al. 2009 (euhelopodid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Euhelopodidae

Full reference: J. Lü, L. Xu, X. Jiang, S. Jia, M. Li, C. Yuan, X. Zhang and Q. Ji. 2009. A preliminary report on the new dinosaurian fauna from the Cretaceous of the Ruyang Basin, Henan Province of central China. Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea 25(1):43-56

Parent taxon: Euhelopodidae according to P. A. Gallina et al. 2021

See also Averianov and Sues 2017, D'Emic 2012, Lü et al. 2009, Mannion and Calvo 2011, Mannion et al. 2013, Mannion et al. 2019, Poropat et al. 2021 and Poropat et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Daxiatitan, Erketu, Euhelopus, Gobititan, Huabeisaurus, Phuwiangosaurus, Qiaowanlong, Ruixinia, Ruyangosaurus, Silutitan, Tambatitanis, Tangvayosaurus, Yongjinglong

Subtaxa: Xianshanosaurus shijiagouensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Haoling Village, Liudian Town (Cretaceous of China)

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