Rhomaleopakhus turpanensis Rhomaleopakhus
"strong forearm"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Rhomaleopakhus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (145 Mya)
- Place
- China · Japan
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Mamenchisauridae
Rhomaleopakhus (meaning “strong forearm”) is a genus of mamenchisaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Kalaza Formation of China. The type and only species is Rhomaleopakhus turpanensis.
What we know
- Named by Upchurch et al., 2021.
- Fossils found in China and Japan.