Gongbusaurus

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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