Gongpoquansaurus

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By Harper Gray
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Gray, H. (2013, July 4). Gongpoquansaurus. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/gongpoquansaurus/

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Name

Gongpoquansaurus ‭(‬Gongpoquan lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

Gong-po-kwan-sor-us.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosuaria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ornithopoda,‭ ‬Hadrosauriformes,‭ ‬Hadrosauroidea.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

G.‭ ‬mazongshanensis‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

China,‭ ‬Gansu Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Zhonggou Formation.

Time Period

Barremeian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Skull and partial post cranial skeleton.

In Depth

       Gongpoquansaurus is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Gongpoquansaurus mazongshanensis‭ (‬L�,‭ ‬1997‭) ‬comb.‭ ‬nov.‭ (‬Ornithischia:‭ ‬Hadrosauroidea‭) ‬from the Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province,‭ ‬northwestern China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Hadrosaurs‭ ‬73-76.‭ ‬-‭ ‬H.-l.‭ ‬You,‭ ‬D.-Q.‭ ‬Li‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬Dodson‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.

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