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long-neck giant
Qingxiusaurus
Say it like this: “ching-SHYOO-SAWR-us”
Qingxiusaurus youjiangensis
Qingxiusaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Maastrichtian) · roughly 100.5 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2008 · Mo, J. Y.; Huang, C. L.; Zhao, Z. R.; Wang, W.; Xu, X.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Saltasauridae
The story in short
The genus Qingxiusaurus dates to 2008, the year J. Y. Mo and colleagues described it. The name means “qingxiu lizard.”
Fossils referred to Qingxiusaurus date to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Maastrichtian), roughly 100.5 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from China. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Qingxiusaurus 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 Saltasauridae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.