Shuangmiaosaurus
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Shuangmiaosaurus 7.5 m (24.6 ft) long
as long as 5 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 7.5 m (24.6 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Shuangmiaosaurus is a genus of herbivorous iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur which lived in China during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 100 million years ago.
The type species, Shuangmiaosaurus gilmorei, was named and described by You Hailu, Ji Qiang Li Jinglu and Li Yinxian in 2003. The generic name refers to the village of Shuangmiao in Beipiao in Liaoning Province, the site of the discovery. The specific name honours the American paleontologist Charles Whitney Gilmore.
What we know
- Named by You et al., 2003.
- Body length estimated at about 7.5 m.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Shuangmiaosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.