Liaoningosaurus
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Liaoningosaurus
DV-0484 · type species Liaoningosaurus paradoxus
- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Ankylosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xu et al. 2001
Field notes
About Liaoningosaurus
Liaoningosaurus was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ankylosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Liaoningosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Xu et al. in 2001.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ankylosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Xu, X.-L. Wang, and H.-L. You. 2001. A juvenile ankylosaur from China. Naturwissenschaften 88:297-300