Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis - Jurassic Dinosaurs
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(choong-king-oh-sor-uhss)
"Chongqing Lizard"
Describer Dong Zhiming, Zhou Shiwu, and Chang Yihong
in 1983
Also Known As --
Type of Species jiangbeiensis
Order Ornithischia
SubOrder Thyreophora
InfraOrder Stegosauria
Micro-Order --
SuperFamily --
Family Stegosauridae
SubFamily --
Size 12 feet (4 meters) long
Period Late Jurassic, 145 million years ago
Fossilsite China
Diet Herbivore
Chungkingosaurus lived during the Late Jurassic Period about 145 million years ago in what is now China. Fossil remains have been found in the Upper Shaximiao Formation, in China. This dinosaur was described by Dong Zhiming, Zhou Shiwu, and Chang Yihong in 1983. Chungkingosaurus was one of the smallest of the stegosauridae family, it measured about 12 feet (4 meters) in length. Its skull was narrow, it had thick bony plates on its back, Chungkingosaurus also had two pairs of tail spikes which were used possibly for self-defense.
