Wuerhosaurus

Information

Wuerhosaurus possessed long, low back plates that might have been semicircular or rectangular. Only partial skeletons have been found.

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Fact file

• Pronounced: woo-uhr-huh-sore-us
• Meaning of name: Wuerho lizard
• Length: 7m – 8m
• Diet: herbivorous
• When it lived: Early Cretaceous (137 – 99 million years ago)
• Found in: Peoples Republic of China

Taxonomic details

• Taxonomy: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Thyreophora, Stegosauria, Stegosauridae, Stegosaurinae, Wuerhosaurus
• Named by: Dong (1973)
• Type: species homheni