Genus
Valid Extinct

Gobisaurus

Vickaryous et al. 2001

Gobisaurus is an extinct genus of herbivorous basal ankylosaurid ankylosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China. The genus is monotypic, containing only the species Gobisaurus domoculus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Gobisaurus
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Skeletal mount of Gobisaurus domoculus on display at the Baoding Natural History Museum. © Jonathan Chen · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
Gobisaurus
Gobisaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Prionodontia Unranked clade
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Genasauria Unranked clade
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Thyreophora Unranked clade
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Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
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Eurypoda Unranked clade
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Ankylosauria Unranked clade
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Euankylosauria Unranked clade
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Ankylosauridae Family
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Gobisaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
6 m ⓘ
Gobisaurus domoculus 
5 m ⓘ
Mass
2 500 kg ⓘ
Gobisaurus domoculus 
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Miaogou
1
Haoling
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
2
Species (2)
Gobisaurus domoculus 121 Ma
Zhongyuangosaurus luoyangensis subjective synonym of Gobisaurus domoculus 121 Ma
Synonyms (1)
Zhongyuansaurus subjective synonym of Gobisaurus
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
M. K. Vickaryous, A. P. Russell, and P. J. Currie, X.-J. Zhao. 2001. A new ankylosaurid (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of China, with comments on ankylosaurian relationships. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38:1767-1780 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
L. Xu, J. Lü, and X. Zhang, S. Jia, W. Hu, J. Zhang, Y. Wu, Q. Ji. 2007. [A new nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Cretaceous of Ruyang, Henan Province]. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(4):433-438
M. K. Vickaryous, A. P. Russell, and P. J. Currie, X.-J. Zhao. 2001. A new ankylosaurid (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of China, with comments on ankylosaurian relationships. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38:1767-1780 DOI ↗