Gongpoquansaurus

Say it like this: “gong-PO-chwen-SOR-us”

Gongpoquansaurus mazongshanensis

Gongpoquansaurus 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: 2014 · You, H. L.; Li, D. Q.; Dodson, P.
Hip height: Not established
Length: Not established
Weight: Not established
Found in: China · Zhonggou
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two or four legs
Kind: beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
Family branch: Hadrosauroidea

The story in short

Gongpoquansaurus was formally named in 2014 by H. L. You and colleagues. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

Fossils referred to Gongpoquansaurus date to 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.

The fossils of Gongpoquansaurus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.

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