Hexinlusaurus

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Hexinlusaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Middle Jurassic (174–163 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.

Hexinlusaurus is a genus of basal ornithischian dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian stage) Lower Shaximiao Formation of what is now China. The type and only species is Hexinlusaurus multidens.

What we know

  • Named by Barrett et al., 2005.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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