Huabeisaurus hwɑːbay-SORRUHS

"North China lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Huabeisaurus 20 m (66 ft) long
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Length
20 m (66 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (95–72 Mya)
Place
Asia · China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Euhelopodidae

Huabeisaurus (, meaning “North China lizard”) was a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Maastrichtian stages, around 99.7–70.6 million years ago) of what is present-day northern China. The type species, Huabeisaurus allocotus, was first described by Pang Qiqing and Cheng Zhengwu in 2000. It is known from numerous remains found in the 1990s, which include teeth, partial limbs and vertebrae. Due to its relative completeness, Huabeisaurus represents a significant taxon for understanding sauropod evolution in Asia. Huabeisaurus comes from Kangdailiang and Houyu, Zhaojiagou Town, Tianzhen County, Shanxi province, China. The holotype was found in the unnamed upper member of the Huiquanpu Formation, which is Late Cretaceous (?Cenomanian–?Campanian) in age based on ostracods, charophytes, and fission-track dating.

What we know

  • Named by Pang & Cheng, 2000.
  • Body length estimated at about 20 m.
  • Fossils found in Asia and China.