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Plateosauridae

Xixiposaurus

"Xixipo lizard"

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Xixiposaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Xixiposaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Jurassic (201–183 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Plateosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Triassic-Jurassic prosauropods, ancestors to giant sauropods.

Xixiposaurus (meaning “Xixipo lizard”) is a genus of “prosauropod” dinosaur which existed in what is now Lower Lufeng Formation, China during the lower Jurassic period. It was first named by Sekiya Toru in 2010 and the type species is X. suni.

What we know

  • Named by Sekiya, 2010.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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