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RUYANGOSAURUS
(rroo-yang-go-sore-us))
meaning: "Ruyang lizard"
Ruyangosaurus
Named By: Lu J, Xu L, Jia S, Zhang X, Zhang J, Yang L, You H, Ji Q in 2009
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, Aptian-Albian
Location: China, Henan Province - Manchuan Formation
Size: Uncertain due to incomplete remains, but roughly estimated to be around 30 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains including a tibia, vertebrae and ribs
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropodomorpha | Sauropoda |
About

Ruyangosaurus (Ruyang County lizard) is a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur recovered from the Early Cretaceous Haoling Formation of China. The type species is R. giganteus, described in 2009 by a group of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Henan Geological Museum. Along with Huanghetitan and Daxiatitan, Ruyangosaurus is among the largest dinosaurs discovered in Cretaceous Asia.

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