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LUFENGOSAURUS
(lu-feng-sore-us)
meaning: "Lufeng lizard"
Lufengosaurus
Named By: C.inC. Young in 1940
Time Period: Early Jurassic 190 Ma
Location: China - Lufeng Formation
Size: L. huenei about 6 meters long, L. magnus about 9 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Remains of numerous individuals representing most parts of the skeleton
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropodomorpha | Massospondylidae |
Also known as: | Tawasaurus |
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Lufengosaurus (Chinese: Lu Feng Long or Lu Feng Long , meaning "Lufeng Lizard") is a genus of massospondylid dinosaur which lived during the Early Jurassic period in what is now southwestern China. Paleontologists reported in the journal Nature Communications the discovery of a tiny amount of preserved collagen in the rib of a Lufengosarus.

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