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EQUIJUBUS
(ek-we-ju-bus)
meaning: "horse mane"
Equijubus
Named By: H.inL. You, Z.inX. Luo, N. H. Shubin, L. M. Witmer, Z.inL. Tang & F. Tang in 2003
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 125 Ma
Location: China, Gansu Province
Size: Roughly estimated at around 7 meters long, though a complete specimen is unknown at the time of writing
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Skull and jaws found articulated, as well as a partial vertebral column inclduing 9 cervical (neck), 16 dorsal (back) and 6 sacral (hip) vertebrae
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Hadrosauroidea |
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Equijubus (Chinese: Ma Zong Long ; pinyin: Mazong long; Mazong meaning "horse mane" after the area Mazong Mountain Ma Zong Shan in which it was found), is a genus of herbivorous hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian stage) of northwestern China.

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