Name
Gongbusaurus.
Phonetic
Gong-bu-sor-us.
Named By
Z. Dong, S. Zhou & H. Zhang - 1983.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria, Ornithopoda, Ornithischia, Neornithischia.
Diet
Herbivore.
Species
G. shiyii
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.
– [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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