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plated dinosaur
Bashanosaurus
Say it like this: “buh-SHA-no-SOR-us”
Bashanosaurus primitivus
Bashanosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2021 · Hui, D.; Ning, L.; Maidment, S. C. R.; Guangbiao, W.; Yuxuan, Z.; Xufeng, H.; Qingyu, M.; Xunqian, W.; Haiqian, H.; Guangzhao, P.
- Hip height
- 0.7 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 3 m · 10 ft
- Weight
- 240 kg · 529 lb
- Found in
- China · Shaximiao
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- plated dinosaur · Stegosaur
- Family branch
- Stegosauria
The story in short
The genus Bashanosaurus dates to 2021, the year D. Hui and colleagues described it. The name means “bashan lizard.”
It lived in the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian), roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Shaximiao Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Bashanosaurus at a length near 3 m, hips about 0.7 m high, and a body mass around 240 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Stegosauria, among the plated dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Amargastegos
Amargastegos brevicollus
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Baiyinosaurus
Baiyinosaurus baojiensis
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
Chialingosaurus
Chialingosaurus kuani
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago