[D] Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens [Su] [sG] [T]
Describer
Zhao, Wang & Li 2011
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian
Classification
Ornithischia Ornithopoda Hadrosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Xingezhuang Formation, Wangshi Series, Shandong, China
Info
Allmost compleet skeleton and skull assembled by parts collected from several individuals of the same species. Huaxiagnathus is perhaps a large species of Shantungosaurus with 16 cervicals 21 dorsals 10 sacrals (Shantungosaurus giganteus has 9) 81 caudals
Abstract
Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens Zhao, gen. & sp. nov. was a mild herbivorous dinosaur that lived in Zhucheng of Shandong Province in Late Mesozoic. The specimen of Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens 11.3m in height and 18.7m in length is a skeleton assembled by many parts collected from several individuals of the same species.
It was the tallest individual among the ornithopods. It had short forelimbs and tough hind legs, and it is another new finding after the discovery of the giant Shandongosaurus and Zhuchengosaurus.
Zhao, Wang & Li 2011
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian
Classification
Ornithischia Ornithopoda Hadrosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Xingezhuang Formation, Wangshi Series, Shandong, China
Info
Allmost compleet skeleton and skull assembled by parts collected from several individuals of the same species. Huaxiagnathus is perhaps a large species of Shantungosaurus with 16 cervicals 21 dorsals 10 sacrals (Shantungosaurus giganteus has 9) 81 caudals
Abstract
Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens Zhao, gen. & sp. nov. was a mild herbivorous dinosaur that lived in Zhucheng of Shandong Province in Late Mesozoic. The specimen of Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens 11.3m in height and 18.7m in length is a skeleton assembled by many parts collected from several individuals of the same species.
It was the tallest individual among the ornithopods. It had short forelimbs and tough hind legs, and it is another new finding after the discovery of the giant Shandongosaurus and Zhuchengosaurus.