Bienosaurus

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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

Bienosaurus ‭(‬Bien’s lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

By.no-sor-us.

Named By

Z.‭ ‬Dong‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Thyreophora,‭ ‬Ankylosauria,‭ ‬Scelidosauridae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

B.‭ ‬lufengensis‭

Size

Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.

Known locations

China,‭ ‬Yunnan Province.

Time Period

Early Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Partial skull,‭ ‬lower jaw and teeth.

In Depth

       Bienosaurus is a genus of armoured dinosaur that lived in China during the early Jurassic.‭ ‬Although only known from fragmentary skull and jaw fossils,‭ ‬Bienosaurus is thought to have been similar to Scelidosaurus.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Primitive armored dinosaur from the Lufeng Basin,‭ ‬China,‭ ‬by Z.‭ ‬Dong.‭ ‬In‭ ‬Mesozoic Vertebrate Life,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Tanke and K.‭ ‬Carpenter‭ (‬eds.‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001. – A reassessment of the purported ankylosaurian dinosaur Bienosaurus lufengensis from the Lower Lufeng Formation of Yunnan, China”. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64. – T. J. Raven, P. M. Barrett, X. Xu & S. C. R. Maidment – 2019.

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