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Gyposaurus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic, 196.5–189.6Ma
"Gyposaurus" sinensis-Geological Museum of China.jpg
G. sinensis fossil on display at the Geological Museum of China
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Suborder: †Sauropodomorpha
Clade: †Plateosauria
Genus: †Gyposaurus
Broom, 1911
Type species
†Gyposaurus capensis
(Broom, 1911)
Other species
  • †Gyposaurus sinensis (Yang, 1941)

Gyposaurus (meaning "vulture lizard", referring to the outdated hypothesis that prosauropods were carnivores) is a genus of prosauropod from the early Jurassic of South Africa and China. It is usually considered to represent juveniles of other prosauropods, but "G." sinensis is regarded as a possibly valid species.

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  • "Gyposaurus" sinensis-Paleozoological Museum of China

    Syntype maxilla of "G." sinensis, Paleozoological Museum of China

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