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bird-hipped dinosaur · Doubtful name
Siluosaurus
Say it like this: “suh-LOO-o-SAWR-us”
Siluosaurus zhanggiani
Siluosaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 1997 · Dong, Z.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Zhonggou
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- bird-hipped dinosaur · Ornithischian
- Family branch
- Cerapoda
The story in short
In 1997, Z. Dong published the name Siluosaurus. The name means “silk Road lizard.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Albian), roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Zhonggou Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Siluosaurus 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 Cerapoda, among the bird-hipped dinosaurs.