Genus
Valid Extinct

Gannansaurus

Lü et al. 2013

Gannansaurus is an extinct genus of somphospondylan sauropod dinosaur known from the latest Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation of Ganzhou Basin, Jiangxi Province of southern China. It is known from specimen GMNH F10001 which consists of a single, nearly complete dorsal vertebra and a mid-caudal vertebra. Gannansaurus was first named by Lü Junchang, Yi Laiping, Zhong Hui and Wei Xuefang in 2013 and the type species is Gannansaurus sinensis. Gannansaurus shares some characters with Euhelopus, indicating that it is more closely related to it rather than to other titanosauriforms.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Gannansaurus
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Skeletal reconstruction of Gannansaurus sinensis holotype GMNH F10001 © Skye McDavid · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Gannansaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
25,8 m ⓘ
Gannansaurus sinensis
Mass
25 000 kg ⓘ
Gannansaurus sinensis
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
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Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Gannansaurus sinensis 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. Lü, L. Yi, and H. Zhong, X. Wei. 2013. A new somphospondylan sauropod (Dinosauria, Titanosauriformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province of southern China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87(3):678-685
Bibliography (1)
J. Lü, L. Yi, and H. Zhong, X. Wei. 2013. A new somphospondylan sauropod (Dinosauria, Titanosauriformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province of southern China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87(3):678-685