Ruyangosaurus
Field photograph to come
Ruyangosaurus
DV-0700 · type species Ruyangosaurus giganteus
- Lived
- 121 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Euhelopodidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Lü et al. 2009
Field notes
About Ruyangosaurus
Ruyangosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Euhelopodidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ruyangosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Haoling Formation. It was named by Lü et al. in 2009.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
110 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Euhelopodidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J.-c. Lü, L. Xu, and S.-h. Jia, X.-l. Zhang, J.-m. Zhang, L.-l. Yang, H.-l. You, Q. Ji. 2009. A new gigantic sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Ruyang, Henan, China. Geological Bulletin of China 28(1):1-10