Yuxisaurus
"Yuxi lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Yuxisaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Jurassic (201–174 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Yuxisaurus (“Yuxi lizard”) is an extinct genus of early thyreophoran dinosaur from the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian-Toarcian) Fengjiahe Formation of southwestern China. The genus contains a single species, Yuxisaurus kopchicki, known from a partial skeleton and many osteoderms.
What we know
- Named by Yao et al., 2022.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Yuxisaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.