Liubangosaurus Liubangosaurus

"Liubang lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Liubangosaurus 26 m (85 ft) long
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Length
26 m (85 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (125–113 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Liubangosaurus (meaning “Liubang lizard”, after Liubang village, the holotype locality) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous in what is now China. Liubangosaurus is known from the holotype NHMG 8152, five complete and articulated middle-caudal dorsal vertebrae that were collected from the Xinlong Formation in Fusui County, Guangxi Province. The type species is L. hei, which honors He Wenjian, who discovered the site where Liubangosaurus was discovered.

What we know

  • Named by Mo, Xu, & Buffetaut, 2010.
  • Body length estimated at about 26 m.
  • Fossils found in China.