LegendaryLufengosaurus
Lufengosaurus huenei
loo-FUNG-oh-SORE-us· “Lufeng lizard”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Jurassic🌿 herbivore🦴 Massospondylidae
6 m
Length
1.5 m
Height
250 kg
Weight
An early long-necked sauropodomorph from China — and the first complete dinosaur skeleton ever mounted in the country. It browsed vegetation and may have used thumb claws for defence.
When
Early Jurassic, ~197–190 million years ago
Found in
China
Discovered
Yang Zhongjian, 1941
Did you know?
- The first complete dinosaur skeleton mounted in China.
- An early cousin of the giant sauropods, standing semi-upright.
- Its embryos yielded some of the oldest dinosaur proteins ever found.
Artwork: Debivort, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.