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GONGBUSAURUS
(gong-bu-sor-us)
Named By: Z. Dong, S. Zhou & H. Zhang in 1983
Time Period: Late Jurassic, 160-157 Ma
Location: China, Sichuan Province - Shangshaximiao Formation, Xinjiang Province - Shishugou Formation
Size: Roughly about 1.3 to 1.5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains of several individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithopoda | Ornithischia | Neornithischia |
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Gongbusaurus is a genus of ornithischian, perhaps ornithopod, dinosaur that lived between about 160 and 157 million years ago, in the Late Jurassic period. A small herbivore, it is very poorly known. Two species have been assigned to it, but as the original name is based on teeth, there is no concrete evidence to connect the two species. Its fossils have been found in China.

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