Ruyangosaurus

Ruyangosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Genus: Ruyangosaurus
Lu et al., 2009
Species

Ruyangosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur recovered from the Late Cretaceous Mangchuan Formation of China. The type species is R. giganteus, described in 2009 by a group of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Henan Geological Museum.[1]

Along with Huanghetitan and Daxiatitan, Ruyangosaurus is among the largest dinosaurs discovered in Cretaceous Asia. Ruyangosaurus was described as being from the "early Late Cretaceous".[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lü J, Xu L, Jia S, Zhang X, Zhang J, Yang L, You H, Ji Q. (2009). "A new gigantic sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Ruyang, Henan, China". Geological Bulletin of China 28(1), 1-10.
  2. ↑ ibid.
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