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beaked plant-eater
Laiyangosaurus
Say it like this: “lie-YON-go-SOR-us”
Laiyangosaurus youngi
Laiyangosaurus ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2019 · Zhang, J.; Wang, X.; Wang, Q.; Jiang, S.; Cheng, X.; Li, N.; Qiu, R.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 8 m · 26 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Jingangkou
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Saurolophinae
The story in short
Laiyangosaurus was formally named in 2019 by J. Zhang and colleagues. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Jingangkou Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Laiyangosaurus at a length near 8 m.
On the family tree it sits in Saurolophinae, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Acristavus
Acristavus gagslarsoni
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Ahshislesaurus
Ahshislesaurus wimani
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Anasazisaurus
Anasazisaurus horneri
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago