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DAANOSAURUS
(daa-noe-sore-us)
Daanosaurus
Named By: Y. Ye, Y.inH. Gao & S. Jiang in 2005
Time Period: Late Jurassic
Location: China, Sichuan Province
Size: Holotype roughly estimated to be around 4 meters long, but this is confirmed as a juvenile. Full adult size is unknown
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull and partial post cranial remains including vertebrae and a femur. Type specimen is of a juvenile
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropoda | Brachiosauridae |
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Daanosaurus was a genus of dinosaur. It was a brachiosaurid sauropod which lived during the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian - Tithonian stage, about 163 - 145 mya). It lived in what is now China (Sichuan Province), and was similar to Bellusaurus.

The type species, described in 2005, is Daanosaurus zhangi. Adult size is unknown due to lack of fossil remains.

Read more about Daanosaurus at Wikipedia
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