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beaked plant-eater
Wulagasaurus
Say it like this: “woo-LAH-guh-SOR-us”
Wulagasaurus dongi
Wulagasaurus ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2008 · Godefroit, P.; Shulin, H.; Tingxiang, Y.; Lauters, P.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 9 m · 30 ft
- Weight
- 3 tonnes
- Found in
- China · Yuliangzi
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Saurolophinae
The story in short
The genus Wulagasaurus dates to 2008, the year P. Godefroit and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Wulagasaurus date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Yuliangzi Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Wulagasaurus at a length near 9 m and a body mass around 3 tonnes.
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