Name:
Gongbusaurus.
Phonetic: Gong-bu-sor-us.
Named By: Z. Dong, S. Zhou & H.
Zhang - 1983.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithopoda, Ornithischia, Neornithischia.
Species: G. shiyii (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Roughly about 1.3 to 1.5 meters long.
Known locations: China, Sichuan Province -
Shangshaximiao Formation, Xinjiang Province - Shishugou
Formation.
Time period: Callovian to Oxfordian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of several
individuals.
Gongbusaurus is a genus of small ornithischian dinosaur that lived in China during the Jurassic.
Further reading
- [Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan]. - Palaeontologica
Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 162(23):1-136. - Z.
Dong, S. Zhou & H. Zhang - 1983.
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