Ruixinia zhangi Ruixinia

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Ruixinia 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (125 Mya)
Place
Asia · China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Euhelopodidae

Ruixinia is an extinct genus of somphospondylan sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) Yixian Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Ruixinia zhangi, known from a partial articulated skeleton. This specimen preserves the most complete series of caudal vertebrae known from any Asian titanosauriform.

What we know

  • Named by Mo et al., 2022.
  • Fossils found in Asia and China.