Genus
Valid Extinct

Qingxiusaurus

Mo et al. 2008

Qingxiusaurus is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Dashi Site of Guangxi, China. The type species, described by Mo et al. in 2008, is Q. youjiangensis. Like other sauropods, Qingxiusaurus would have been a large quadrupedal herbivore. It is known from only limited remains collected in 1991: Two humeri, two sternal plates, and the neural spine of a single vertebra.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Saurischia Unranked clade
Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
Massopoda Unranked clade
Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
Sauropoda Unranked clade
Gravisauria Unranked clade
Eusauropoda Unranked clade
Neosauropoda Unranked clade
Macronaria Unranked clade
Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
Somphospondyli Unranked clade
Titanosauria Unranked clade
Lithostrotia Unranked clade
Saltasauroidea Superfamily
Lohuecosauria Unranked clade
Saltasauridae Unranked clade
Qingxiusaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Qingxiusaurus youjiangensis 101 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
J.-Y. Mo, C.-L. Huang, and Z.-R. Zhao, W. Wang, X. Xu. 2008. A new titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Guangxi, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 46(2):147-156
Bibliography (1)
J.-Y. Mo, C.-L. Huang, and Z.-R. Zhao, W. Wang, X. Xu. 2008. A new titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Guangxi, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 46(2):147-156