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Qinlingosaurus

Qinlingosaurus - Meaning: Qin Ling Lizard

Qinlingosaurus (chin-ling-oh-SAWR-us) was a Sauropoda dinosaur that lived in the Maastrichtian stage during the Late Cretaceous Period around 99 - 65 million years ago in China. It was named after the mountains of the Hongtuling Formation, Shaanxi Province in China where the first fossils were recovered.

Dinosaur Qinlingosaurus

Qinlingosaurus Characteristics

Qinlingosaurus measured 70 feet (21 metres) in length. It was a quadruped dinosaur who walked on its 4 powerful, trunk-like legs. It had a very long neck and a small head. Its tail was very long, heavy and felxible. Qinlingosaurus had small eyes and many cheek teeth which were adapted for chewing tough plant material. It probably had hoof-like feet, similar to those of our modern day elephants.


Qinlingosaurus was a herbivore and must have eaten a huge amount of plant material to sustain its great size.


Qinlingosaurus is known from an enormous pelvis bone which measured 860 millimetres and a handful of other fossil remains. The ilium is the uppermost and largest bone of the pelvis and on examination, appeared to be more advanced than the Kotasaurus based on the semicircular dorsal outline.


Qinlingosaurus was named by Xue, Zhang and Bi in 1996.

QINLINGOSAURUS CLASSIFICATION:
Kingdom:
Animalia (animals)
Phylum:
Chordata (having a hollow nerve chord ending in a brain)
Class:
Sauropsida
Superorder:
Dinosauria
Order:
Saurischia - lizard-hipped dinosaurs
Suborder:
Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder:
Sauropoda
Family:
unknown
Genus:
Qinlingosaurus
Species:
Q. luonanensis Xue et al., 1996 (type)








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