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bird-hipped dinosaur
Pulaosaurus
Say it like this: “poo-LOW-SAWR-us”
Pulaosaurus qinglong
Pulaosaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Callovian · Oxfordian) · roughly 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2025 · Yang, Y.; King, J. L.; Xu, X.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Tiaojishan
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- bird-hipped dinosaur · Ornithischian
- Family branch
- Neornithischia
The story in short
The genus Pulaosaurus dates to 2025, the year Y. Yang and colleagues described it.
Fossils referred to Pulaosaurus date to the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Callovian · Oxfordian), roughly 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Tiaojishan Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Pulaosaurus 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 Neornithischia, among the bird-hipped dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Agilisaurus
Agilisaurus louderbacki
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago
Enigmacursor
Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Hexinlusaurus
Hexinlusaurus multidens
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago