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Massospondylidae

Lufengosaurus

"Lufeng lizard"

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Lufengosaurus 9 m (29.5 ft) long
as long as 6 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Lufengosaurus
Length
9 m (29.5 ft)
Period
Early Jurassic (195–190 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Massospondylidae Dinosauria Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Early sauropodomorphs — bipedal-ish, plant-eaters.

Lufengosaurus (, meaning “Lufeng lizard”) is a genus of massospondylid dinosaur which lived during the Early Jurassic period in what is now southwestern China.

What we know

  • Named by Young, 1940.
  • Body length estimated at about 9 m.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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