Baotianmansaurus Baotianmansaurus

"lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Baotianmansaurus 23 m (74 ft) long
13 people holding hands
Length
23 m (74 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (99–90 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Baotianmansaurus is an extinct genus of somphospondylian sauropod. Its fossils were discovered in the Late Cretaceous Gaogou Formation of Henan Province, China. The type and only species is B. henanensis — named after the province in which it was found.

What we know

  • Named by Zhang X. et al., 2009.
  • Body length estimated at about 22.5 m.
  • Fossils found in China.