Chuanqilong

Chuanqilong
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Holotype specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Clade:Dinosauria
Order:†Ornithischia
Family:†Ankylosauridae
Genus:†Chuanqilong
Han et al., 2014
Type species
†Chuanqilong chaoyangensis
Han et al., 2014
Skull and mandible

Chuanqilong is an extinct genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China. It is known from the type species, Chuanqilong chaoyangensis.[1] It lived during the Aptian stage of early Cretaceous period (125 - 112 mya) and was about 4.5 meters long. Its weight is estimated at some 450 kg.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Han, F.; Zheng, W.; Hu, D.; Xu, X.; Barrett, P.M. (2014). "A New Basal Ankylosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning Province, China". PLoS ONE. 9 (8): e104551. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104551. PMC 4131922. PMID 25118986.
  2. ↑ http://www.dinochecker.com/dinosaurs/CHUANQILONG
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