Napaisaurus guangxiensis

"lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Napaisaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (120–100 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.

Napaisaurus is a genus of iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Xinlong Formation of Guangxi, China. The type and only species is N. guangxiensis.

What we know

  • Named by Ji & Zhang, 2022.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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