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Chungkingosaurus
Chungkingo-saurus
- Pronunciation:
- chung-ching-oh-sore-us
- Name meaning:
- 'Chongqing lizard'

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- Type of dinosaur:
- armoured dinosaur
- Length:
- 4.0m
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- 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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