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armored dinosaur · Disputed
Zhongyuansaurus
Say it like this: “johng-YWEN-SAWR-us”
Zhongyuansaurus luoyangensis
Zhongyuansaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2007 · Xu, L.; Lü, J.; Zhang, X.; Jia, S.; Hu, W.; Zhang, J.; Wu, Y.; Ji, Q.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Haoling
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Shamosaurinae
The story in short
The genus Zhongyuansaurus dates to 2007, the year L. Xu and colleagues described it.
Fossils referred to Zhongyuansaurus date to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian), roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Haoling Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Zhongyuansaurus 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 Shamosaurinae, among the armored dinosaurs.