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long-neck giant
Huabeisaurus
Say it like this: “hwah-bay-SAWR-us”
Huabeisaurus allocotus
Huabeisaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Campanian) · roughly 100.5 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2000 · Pang, Q.; Cheng, Z.
- Hip height
- 5 m · 16 ft
- Length
- 20 m · 66 ft
- Weight
- 15.5 tonnes
- Found in
- China · Huiquanpu
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Somphospondyli
The story in short
The genus Huabeisaurus dates to 2000, the year Q. Pang and Z. Cheng described it. The name means “north China.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Campanian), roughly 100.5 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Huiquanpu Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Huabeisaurus at a length near 20 m, hips about 5 m high, and a body mass around 15.5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Somphospondyli, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Abdarainurus
Abdarainurus barsboldi
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Angolatitan
Angolatitan adamastor
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · roughly 89.8 to 85.7 million years ago
Arkharavia
Arkharavia heterocoelica
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago