Genus
Valid Extinct

Ruyangosaurus

Lü et al. 2009
Etymology ''Lézard de Ruyang'' (d’après le comté de Ruyang dans la province du Henan où fut trouvé le spécimen).

Ruyangosaurus 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 Lü Junchang et al.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Ruyangosaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Euhelopodidae Unranked clade
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Ruyangosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Haoling
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Ruyangosaurus giganteus 121 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J.-c. Lü, L. Xu, and S.-h. Jia, X.-l. Zhang, J.-m. Zhang, L.-l. Yang, H.-l. You, Q. Ji. 2009. A new gigantic sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Ruyang, Henan, China. Geological Bulletin of China 28(1):1-10
Bibliography (1)
J.-c. Lü, L. Xu, and S.-h. Jia, X.-l. Zhang, J.-m. Zhang, L.-l. Yang, H.-l. You, Q. Ji. 2009. A new gigantic sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Ruyang, Henan, China. Geological Bulletin of China 28(1):1-10