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.
