Nurosarus
Nurosaurus qaganensis
Pronounced: Nur - o - Saw - rus
Diet: Herbivore (Plant-Eater)
Name Means: "Nur Lizard"
Length: 80 feet (25m)
Height: 25 feet (8 m)
Weight: 25 tons (22,700 kilos)
Time: Late Jurassic - 130 mya
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in
China
One of the
largest of the
Chinese
long-necked
plant eaters,
this giant was
quite stocky
compared to the
more slender
Asian sauropods
such as
Mamenchisaurus
Nurosaurus has
been classified
as a cousin to
the North
American
Camarasaurus
as it had a
similar head and
body shape.
Known from a reasonably complete skeleton, Nurosaurus has yet to be formally described. Seemingly close in appearance to Camarasaurus it is possible that migration brought this dinosaur family to Asia in the last part of the Jurassic. Its name has often been misspelled as Nuoerosaurus, and in fact traveled under this name in a North American tour. |
