Qingxiusaurus

Kwin-se-u-sore-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

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.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

Q.‭ ‬youjiangensis‭

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.

In Depth

       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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