Qinlingosaurus

Say it like this: “chin-ling-o-SAWR-us”

Qinlingosaurus luonanensis

Qinlingosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.

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When: Late Cretaceous
Named in: 1996 · Xue, X.; Zhang, Y.; Bi, Y.; Yue, L.; Chen, D.
Hip height: Not established
Length: Not established
Weight: Not established
Found in: China · Hongtuling
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: long-neck giant · Sauropod
Family branch: Sauropoda

The story in short

The genus Qinlingosaurus dates to 1996, the year X. Xue and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

Fossils referred to Qinlingosaurus date to the Late Cretaceous, within an age that is only broadly constrained. Finds come from China, including the Hongtuling Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

The fossils of Qinlingosaurus 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 Sauropoda, among the sauropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Aepisaurus

Aepisaurus elephantinus

Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago

Amygdalodon

Amygdalodon patagonicus

Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian · Toarcian) · roughly 192.9 to 174.7 million years ago

Archaeodontosaurus

Archaeodontosaurus descouensi

Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago