Qingxiusaurus
Field photograph to come
Qingxiusaurus
DV-0666
- Lived
- 101 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Saltasauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Mo et al. 2008
Field notes
About Qingxiusaurus
Qingxiusaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Saltasauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Qingxiusaurus, from China. It was named by Mo et al. in 2008.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Saltasauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J.-Y. Mo, C.-L. Huang, and Z.-R. Zhao, W. Wang, X. Xu. 2008. A new titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Guangxi, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 46(2):147-156