Gobisaurus

DV-0480 · type species Gobisaurus domoculus

Lived: 121 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Length: about 5 m (16 ft)
Group: Ankylosaurs, Ankylosauridae
Found in: China
Named by: Vickaryous et al. 2001

Field notes

About Gobisaurus

Gobisaurus was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ankylosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Gobisaurus, from China. Its fossils come from rocks including the Haoling Formation and the Miaogou Formation. It was named by Vickaryous et al. in 2001.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

110 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Gobisaurus?

Gobisaurus: about 5 m (16 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical ankylosaur shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Ankylosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. K. Vickaryous, A. P. Russell, and P. J. Currie, X.-J. Zhao. 2001. A new ankylosaurid (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of China, with comments on ankylosaurian relationships. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38:1767-1780