Huaxiazhoulong
Field photograph to come
Huaxiazhoulong
DV-1242 · type species Huaxiazhoulong shouwen
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Ankylosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Zhu et al. 2024
Field notes
About Huaxiazhoulong
Huaxiazhoulong was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ankylosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Huaxiazhoulong, from China. Its fossils come from the Tangbian Formation. It was named by Zhu et al. in 2024.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Ankylosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Z. Zhu, J. Wu, and Y. You, Y. Jia, C. Chen, X. Yao, W. Zheng, X. Xu. 2024. A new ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Jiangxi Province, southern China. Historical Biology