Chungkingosaurus

Chungkingo-saurus

Pronunciation:
chung-ching-oh-sore-us
Name meaning:
'Chongqing lizard'
Chungkingosaurus
armoured dinosaur silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
armoured dinosaur
Length:
4.0m
Diet:
herbivorous herbivorous food icon
When it lived:
Late Jurassic, 159-142 million years ago
Found in:
China

This dinosaur is known from a partial skull and a partial skeleton.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Stegosauria, Stegosauridae, Stegosaurinae
Named by:
Dong, Zhou and Zhang (1983)
Type species:
jiangbeiensis

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