Qinlingosaurus

Kwin-ling-o-sor-us.
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John Stewart

Paleoecologist

John Stewart is a distinguished paleoecologist whose work has significantly advanced our understanding of prehistoric ecosystems. With over two decades dedicated to unearthing fossils across Asia and Africa

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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.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

Q.‭ ‬luonanensis‭

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.

In Depth

       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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