Information about Bienosaurus

Bienosaurus
Fossil range: Early Jurassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Sauropsida
Superorder:Dinosauria
Order:Ornithischia
Suborder:Thyreophora
Infraorder:Ankylosauria
Family:Scelidosauridae
Genus:Bienosaurus
Species:B. lufengensis
Binomial name
Bienosaurus lufengensis
Dong, 2001
Bienosaurus (meaning "Bien's lizard") was a dinosaur from the Early Jurassic. The genus was a armored dinosaur from the Lower Lufeng Formation in Yunnan Province in China.

Discovery and species

The discoverer and person who first described the specimen was Dong Zhiming in 2001, based on a right lower jaw and teeth. Other known material includes a nearly complete right mandibular ramus with teeth and several cranial fragments. The type species is B. lufengensis.

References

Dong Zhiming (2001). "Primitive Armored Dinosaur from the Lufeng Basin, China", in Tanke, Darren H. & Carpenter, Kenneth (ed.): Mesozoic Vertebrate Life. Indiana University Press, 237-243. ISBN 0-253-33907-3. 

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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Sauropsida*
Goodrich, 1916

Subclasses
  • Anapsida
  • Diapsida
Synonyms
  • Reptilia Laurenti, 1768
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Dinosauria *
Owen, 1842

Orders & Suborders
  • Ornithischia
  • Cerapoda
  • Thyreophora
  • Saurischia

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Ornithischia
Seeley, 1888

Suborders
  • Cerapoda
  • Thyreophora


Ornithischia or Predentata is an order of beaked, herbivorous dinosaurs.
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Thyreophora
Nopcsa, 1915

Infraorders
  • Ankylosauria
  • Stegosauria


The Thyreophora ("shield bearers", often known simply as "armored dinosaurs" - Greek: θυρεος
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Ankylosauria
Osborn, 1923

Families

Ankylosauridae
Nodosauridae

Ankylosauria is a group of herbivorous dinosaurs of the order Ornithischia.
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Scelidosauridae
Cope, 1869

Genus: Scelidosaurus

Binomial name
Scelidosaurus harrisonii
Owen, 1859

Scelidosaurus
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Dinosauria *
Owen, 1842

Orders & Suborders
  • Ornithischia
  • Cerapoda
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Ankylosauria
Osborn, 1923

Families

Ankylosauridae
Nodosauridae

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云南省
Yúnnán Shěng

Abbreviations: 滇 or ?  (Pinyin: Diān or Yún)

Origin of name 云 yún - cloud
南 nán - south
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Dong Zhiming (1937-, Chinese: 董枝明, Pinyin: Dǒng Zhimíng), from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) in Beijing, is one of China's leading paleontologists.
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Dong Zhiming (1937-, Chinese: 董枝明, Pinyin: Dǒng Zhimíng), from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) in Beijing, is one of China's leading paleontologists.
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