Equijubus

Say it like this: “ee-kwee-joo-bus”

Equijubus normani

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

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When: Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Named in: 2003 · You, H. L.; Luo, Z. X.; Shubin, N. H.; Witmer, L. M.; Tang, Z. L.; Tang, F.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 7 m · 23 ft
Weight: 2.5 tonnes
Found in: China · Zhonggou
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two or four legs
Kind: beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
Family branch: Hadrosauroidea

The story in short

In 2003, H. L. You and colleagues published the name Equijubus.

It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Albian), roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Zhonggou Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.

Published estimates put Equijubus at a length near 7 m and a body mass around 2.5 tonnes.

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

Close relatives

Altirhinus

Altirhinus kurzanovi

Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago

Batyrosaurus

Batyrosaurus rozhdestvenskyi

Late Cretaceous (Santonian · Campanian) · roughly 85.7 to 72.2 million years ago

Bolong

Bolong yixianensis

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