Chinshakiangosaurus chunghoensis Chinshakiangosaurus

Chinshakiangosaurus (JIN-shah-jiahng-uh-SOR-us, meaning “Chinshakiang lizard”) is a genus of basal sauropod dinosaur. The only species, Chinshakiangosaurus chunghoensis, is known from a fragmentary skeleton found in Early Jurassic rocks in China. It is one of the few basal sauropods with preserved skull bones and therefore important for the understanding of the early evolution of this group, and also shows that early sauropods may have possessed fleshy cheeks.