Qinlingosaurus
Name:
Qinlingosaurus
(Qinling lizard).
Phonetic: Kwin-ling-o-sor-us.
Named By: X. Xue, Y. Zhang, Y. Bi, L.
Yue & D. Chen - 1996.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda.
Species: Q. luonanensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Ilium 77 centimetres long. Total body
length uncertain.
Known locations: China, Shaanxi Province -
Hongtuling Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian? of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Ilium, Ischium and three
vertebrae.
Qinlingosaurus
is a genus of sauropod
dinosaur that lived in China during the late
Cretaceous. Very little is known for certain about Qinlingosaurus
because at the time of writing this dinosaur is only known from a few
vertebrae and a couple of hip bones. However, given that these
fossils have been recovered from a deposit that was late Cretaceous in
age, it is probable that Qinlingosaurus was a
titanosaur, a type of
sauropod dinosaur common in the Cretaceous when the earlier sauropod
forms had largely disappeared.
Qinlingosaurus
is named after the Qinling Mountain range.
Further reading
- [The Development and Environmental Changes of the Intermontane
Basins in the Eastern Part of Qinling Mountains]. - Geological
Publishing House, Beijing, p181. - X. Xue, Y. Zhang,
Y. Bi, L. Yue & D. Chen - 1996.
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