Yunnanosaurus

Yunnanosaurus huangi

Yunnanosaurus — scientific reconstruction

Yunnanosaurus ( yoo-NAN-oh-SOR-əs) is an extinct genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived approximately 199 to 183 million years ago in what is now the Yunnan Province, in China, for which it was named. Yunnanosaurus was a large sized, moderately-built, ground-dwelling, quadrupedal herbivore, that could also walk bipedally, and ranged in size from 7 meters (23 feet) long and 2 m (6.5 ft) high to 4 m (13 ft) high in the largest species.

Family
Yunnanosauridae
Order
Saurischia
Period
Jurassic (196 Ma)
Diet
Herbivore
Length
7.0 m
Weight
500 kg
Type locality
Yunnan, China
Holotype
IVPP V 20
PBDB
txn:56630

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