Outline: a typical sauropod
Qingxiusaurus
- Lived
- 101 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Saltasauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Mo et al. 2008
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
80 million years ago
Field notes
About Qingxiusaurus
What it was like
Qingxiusaurus was a titanosaur, a long-necked plant eater. It is known from two front leg bones.
Its world
It lived in the Late Cretaceous, in what is now China.
How it was found
Mo and colleagues named Qingxiusaurus in 2008.
Close relatives
Other members of Saltasauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: J.-Y. Mo, C.-L. Huang, and Z.-R. Zhao, W. Wang, X. Xu. 2008. A new titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Guangxi, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 46(2):147-156