Lufengosaurus
genus of reptiles (fossil)
Lufengosaurus is a genus of early sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of China.[1] It lived in the earliest Lower Jurassic in what is now southwestern China.
| Lufengosaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic
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| Holotype of L. huenei on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Family: | †Massospondylidae |
| Genus: | †Lufengosaurus Young, 1941 |
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Lufengosaurus magnus
Lufengosaurus was an omnivore.[1] The largest Lufengosaurus skeleton is 6 metres (20 ft) long, 4 metres (13 ft) high and 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) wide.[2][3] It weighted about 200 kilograms (440 lb).[3] It could probably walk upright based on its powerful rear legs.[3]
It was the first complete dinosaur skeleton mounted in China, and first time a dinosaur was depicted on a stamp.[2]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lufengosaurus". Find The Data. Graphiq Inc. Retrieved February 3, 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Paul G.S. 2010. The Princeton field guide to dinosaurs. Princeton University Press, p. 135.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Lufengosaurus magnus". Dinocasts.com. Retrieved February 3, 2017.[permanent dead link]