Wuerhosaurus
Field photograph to come
Wuerhosaurus
DV-0221
- Lived
- 137 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 7 m (23 ft)
- Group
- Stegosaurs, Stegosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Dong 1973
Field notes
About Wuerhosaurus
Wuerhosaurus was a plant-eating stegosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 137 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Stegosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Wuerhosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from rocks including the Lianmuqin Formation and the Ejinhoro Formation. It was named by Dong in 1973.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
120 million years ago
To scale
How big was Wuerhosaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Stegosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Z. Dong. 1973. [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (II): Pterosaurian Fauna from Wuerho, Sinkiang. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica 11:45-52