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Gobisaurus
Say it like this: “goh-bee-sore-us”
Gobisaurus domoculus
Gobisaurus ate plants and walked on four 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
- 2001 · Vickaryous, M. K.; Russell, A. P.; Currie, P. J.; Zhao, X. J.
- Hip height
- 1.3 m · 4 ft
- Length
- 5 m · 16 ft
- Weight
- 3.5 tonnes
- Found in
- China · Miaogou
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Shamosaurinae
The story in short
The genus Gobisaurus dates to 2001, the year M. K. Vickaryous and colleagues described it. The name means “gobi lizard.”
Fossils referred to Gobisaurus date to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian), roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Miaogou Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Gobisaurus at a length near 5 m, hips about 1.3 m high, and a body mass around 3.5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Shamosaurinae, among the armored dinosaurs.