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bird-hipped dinosaur
Changchunsaurus
Say it like this: “CHAHNG-choon-SOR-us”
Changchunsaurus parvus
Changchunsaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2005 · Zan, S. Q.; Chen, J.; Jin, L. Y.; Li, T.
- Hip height
- 0.3 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Weight
- 10 kg · 22 lb
- Found in
- China · Quantou
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- bird-hipped dinosaur · Ornithischian
- Family branch
- Thescelosaurinae
The story in short
Changchunsaurus was formally named in 2005 by S. Q. Zan and colleagues. The name means “changchun lizard.”
Fossils referred to Changchunsaurus date to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian), roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Quantou Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Changchunsaurus at a length near 1 m, hips about 0.3 m high, and a body mass around 10 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Thescelosaurinae, among the bird-hipped dinosaurs.