Xianshanosaurus
Field photograph to come
Xianshanosaurus
DV-0711
- 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 Xianshanosaurus
Xianshanosaurus 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 Xianshanosaurus, 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. Lü, L. Xu, and X. Jiang, S. Jia, M. Li, C. Yuan, X. Zhang, Q. Ji. 2009. A preliminary report on the new dinosaurian fauna from the Cretaceous of the Ruyang Basin, Henan Province of central China. Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea 25(1):43-56