Changmiania

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Changmiania liaoningensis

Changmiania ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.

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When: Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Named in: 2020 · Yang, Y.; Wu, W.; Dieudonné, P. E.; Godefroit, P.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 1.2 m · 4 ft
Weight: 5 kg · 11 lb
Found in: China · Yixian
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two legs
Kind: beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
Family branch: Ornithopoda

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Changmiania was formally named in 2020 by Y. Yang and colleagues.

Fossils referred to Changmiania date to the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Yixian Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Changmiania at a length near 1.2 m and a body mass around 5 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Ornithopoda, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Burianosaurus

Burianosaurus augustai

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago

Gideonmantellia

Gideonmantellia amosanjuanae

Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago

Weewarrasaurus

Weewarrasaurus pobeni

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago