Lufengosaurus

Lufengosaurus is a genus of early sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of China.[1] It lived in the earliest Lower Jurassic in what is now southwestern China.

Lufengosaurus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic
Holotype of L. huenei on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: †Sauropodomorpha
Family: †Massospondylidae
Genus: †Lufengosaurus
Young, 1941
Species
  • †L. huenei Young, 1941(type)
  • †L. magnus Young, 1947
Synonyms
Lufengosaurus magnus

Lufengosaurus was an omnivore.[1] The largest Lufengosaurus skeleton is 6 metres (20 ft) long, 4 metres (13 ft) high and 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) wide.[2][3] It weighted about 200 kilograms (440 lb).[3] It could probably walk upright based on its powerful rear legs.[3]

It was the first complete dinosaur skeleton mounted in China, and first time a dinosaur was depicted on a stamp.[2]

References
  1. "Lufengosaurus". Find The Data. Graphiq Inc. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  2. Paul G.S. 2010. The Princeton field guide to dinosaurs. Princeton University Press, p. 135.
  3. "Lufengosaurus magnus". Dinocasts.com. Retrieved February 3, 2017.

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