CHINA

YUNNAN PROVINCE

YONGSHENG COUNTY

LIJIANG CITY

SHUNZHOU TOWN

BANQIAO VILLAGE

BEIYA FORMATION

EARLY ANISIAN STAGE

LOWER MID TRIASSIC EPOCH

EARLY MIDDLE TRIASSIC

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

INFRACLASS: EURYAPSIDA COLBERT, 1945

SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN 1860

GRANDORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA emend RIEPPEL, 1994

ORDER: NOTHOSAURIFORMES STORRS, 1991

SUBORDER: EUSAUROPTERYGIA TSCHANZ, 1989

INFRAORDER: NOTHOSAUROIDEA BAUR, 1889

Superfamily: NOTHOSAURIA Baur, 1889

Family: NOTHOSAURIDAE Baur, 1889

Lijiangosaurus youngshengensis

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