Sinankylosaurus zhuchengensis
"Chinese fused lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Sinankylosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (77.3–73.5 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Sinankylosaurus (meaning “Chinese fused lizard”) is a dubious dinosaur genus known from the Late Cretaceous Hongtuya Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Sinankylosaurus zhuchengensis, known from a partial right ilium (a pelvic bone). This specimen was originally described as belonging to an ankylosaur, although later research has disputed this identification, noting the lack of anatomical characters uniting Sinankylosaurus with this group.
What we know
- Named by Wang et al., 2020.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Sinankylosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.