Huashanosaurus

Say it like this: “hwah-SHAH-no-SOR-us”

Huashanosaurus qini

Huashanosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic · Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.

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When: Early Jurassic · Middle Jurassic (Pliensbachian–Callovian) · roughly 192.9 to 161.5 million years ago
Named in: 2025 · Mo, J.; Zhou, X.; Fu, Q.; Xiong, D.; Hu, M.; Xu, X.
Hip height: Not established
Length: Not established
Weight: Not established
Found in: China · Wangmen
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: long-neck giant · Sauropod
Family branch: Eusauropoda

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The genus Huashanosaurus dates to 2025, the year J. Mo and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

Fossils referred to Huashanosaurus date to the Early Jurassic · Middle Jurassic (Pliensbachian–Callovian), roughly 192.9 to 161.5 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Wangmen Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

The fossils of Huashanosaurus 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 Eusauropoda, among the sauropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

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Atlasaurus

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Bagualia

Bagualia alba

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