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 | |
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.