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Stegosauridae

Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis

"Chongqing Lizard"

Generic stegosaur body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Chungkingosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic stegosaur body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Chungkingosaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (163.5–157.3 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Stegosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Stegosauria Stegosaurus and close relatives.

Chungkingosaurus (meaning “Chongqing Lizard”) is a genus of stegosaurian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Upper Shaximiao Formation in what is now China. The type species is Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis.

What we know

  • Named by Dong et al., 1983.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Chungkingosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.