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JEHOLOSAURUS
(jeh-hoe-lo-sore-us)
meaning: "Jehol lizard"
Jeholosaurus
Named By: Xu et al in 2000
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 130 Ma
Location: China, Liaoning Province - Yixian Formation
Size: Estimated 1.4-1.5 meters long
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): Several specimens of post cranial skeletons, some skulls
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Cerapoda | Ornithopoda |
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Jeholosaurus is a genus of ornithischian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period. It is thought to have been a herbivorous small ornithopod, probably a basal member of the Euornithopoda.

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