Ruixinia
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Ruixinia
DV-1220 · type species Ruixinia zhangi
- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Euhelopodidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Mo et al. 2023
Field notes
About Ruixinia
Ruixinia was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Euhelopodidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ruixinia, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Mo et al. in 2023.
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 Euhelopodidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. Mo, F. Ma, and Y. Yu, X. Xu. 2023. A new titanosauriform sauropod with an unusual tail from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern China. Cretaceous Research 144:105449