Qinlingosaurus luonanensis
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(chin-ling-oh-sor-uhss)
"Qin Ling lizard"
Describer Xue, 1996
Also Known As --
Type of Species luonanensis
Order Saurischia
SubOrder Sauropodomorpha
InfraOrder Sauropoda
Micro-Order --
SuperFamily --
Family ?
SubFamily --
Size 70 feet (21 meters) long
Period Late Cretaceous, 99 million years ago
Fossilsite China
Diet Herbivore
Qinlingosaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 99 million
years ago in what is now China. Qinlingosaurus is known from a huge pelvis
and other remains. Qinlingosaurus was a large quadruped herbivore, it
grew to 70 feet in length it is estimated. Like other large sauropods,
it had a long neck, small head, and powerful pillar-like legs.