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Eshanosaurus
Say it like this: “uh-SHAH-no-SAWR-us”
Eshanosaurus deguchiianus
Eshanosaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Hettangian) · roughly 201.4 to 199.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2001 · Xu, X.; Zhao, X.; Clark, J. M.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 2.6 m · 9 ft
- Weight
- 37 kg · 82 lb
- Found in
- China · Lufeng
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early dinosaur · Early dinosaur
- Family branch
- Saurischia
The story in short
The genus Eshanosaurus dates to 2001, the year X. Xu and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Early Jurassic (Hettangian), roughly 201.4 to 199.5 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Lufeng Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Eshanosaurus at a length near 2.6 m and a body mass around 37 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Saurischia, among the earliest dinosaurs.