Qingxiusaurus

Name: Qingxiusaurus ‭(‬Qingxiu lizard‭)‬.
Phonetic: Kwin-se-u-sore-us.
Named By: J.-Y.‭ ‬Mo,‭ ‬C.-L.‭ ‬Huang,‭ ‬Z.-R.‭ ‬Zhao,‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Wang‭ & ‬X.‭ ‬Xing‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Titanosauria.
Species: Q.‭ ‬youjiangensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of post cranial skeletal remains.
Known locations: China,‭ ‬Guanxi Province.
Time period: Late Cretaceous‭ (‬exact placement uncertain‭)‬.
Fossil representation: Two humerus and sternal plates.‭ ‬Single neural spine from a vertebra.

       Not a lot is known about Qingxiusaurus beyond that the type fossils seem to have come from a titanosaur.‭ ‬Only a few bones of the anterior skeleton and fore limbs are known,‭ ‬making a total size of the dinosaur difficult to establish with certainty.‭ ‬In addition to this the location of the fossil site has not been more accurately dated than some point during the late Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new titanosaur‭ (‬Dinosauria:‭ ‬Sauropoda‭) ‬from the Late Cretaceous of Guangxi,‭ ‬China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Vertebrata PalAsiatica‭ ‬46‭(‬2‭)‬:147-156.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.-Y.‭ ‬Mo,‭ ‬C.-L.‭ ‬Huang,‭ ‬Z.-R.‭ ‬Zhao,‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Wang‭ & ‬X.‭ ‬Xing‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008.



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