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Ankylosauridae

Gobisaurus domoculus

Generic ankylosaur body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Gobisaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ankylosaur body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Gobisaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ankylosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Ankylosauria Club-tailed armored herbivores.

Gobisaurus is an extinct genus of herbivorous basal ankylosaurid ankylosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China (Nei Mongol Zizhiqu). The genus is monotypic, containing only the species Gobisaurus domoculus.

What we know

  • Named by Vickaryous et al., 2001.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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