Baiyinosaurus baojiensis Baiyinosaurus
"Baiyin reptile"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Baiyinosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Middle Jurassic (174–163 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Huayangosauridae
Baiyinosaurus (meaning “Baiyin reptile”) is an extinct genus of stegosaurian dinosaurs from the Middle Jurassic Wangjiashan Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, B. baojiensis, known from a partial skeleton including cranial bones. The skeletal anatomy of Baiyinosaurus demonstrates transitional features between basal thyreophorans and stegosaurs. While many stegosaurs are known from China, Baiyinosaurus is the only one currently named from Gansu Province.
What we know
- Named by Ning et al., 2024.
- Fossils found in China.