Mamenchisaurus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Mandarin 馬門溪／马门溪 (Mǎménqī, literally “horse-gate brook”), Wade–Giles romanization: Ma³-mên²-chʻi¹ + -saurus. It was intended to name the reptile after the place where its fossil was first found — a construction site next to Mamingxi (馬鳴溪／马鸣溪 (Mǎmíngxī, literally “horse-neighing brook”)) Ferry Crossing by the Jinsha River (the westernmost major headwater stream of the Yangtze River), near Yibin in Sichuan Province of China. However, due to a mix-up by Young, the location name Mamingxi was mistaken as Mamenxi. === Proper noun === Mamenchisaurus m A taxonomic genus within the family Mamenchisauridae – a large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, with an exceptionally long neck, which lived during the Jurassic period. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Mamenchisaurus. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Reptilia - class; Saurischia - order; †Sauropodomorpha, †Sauropoda - clades === References === Mamenchisaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Mamenchisaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Mamenchisaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons