Tianchungosaurus
Dianchungosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles
Dianchungosaurus (meaning "Dianchung lizard"[1]) is an extinct genus of mesoeucrocodylian crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic of China. It was previously considered a dinosaur, but it was recently reclassified as a mesoeucrocodylian by Paul Barrett and Xing Xu (2005).[2] It is probably the same animal as the informally named "Tianchungosaurus".[1] The type species is D. lufengensis and it was described in 1982.[1] A second species, D. elegans, was named in 1986,[3] but it has since become a synonym of the type species.[2]