Omeisaurus
Omeisaurus
junghsiensis
Pronounced:
O - my -
Saw -
rus
Diet:
Herbivore
(Plant-Eater)
Name
Means:
"Sacred
Mountain
lizard"
Length:
50 feet
(15 m)
Height:
13 feet
(4 m)
Weight:
4 tons
(3,600
kilos)
Time:
Jurassic
Fossil
remains
for
this
Dinosaur
have
been
found
in
China
Omeisaurus
was a
long-necked
dinosaur
that lived
in what is
now China.
It is a
well-known
dinosaur to
many
Chinese, but
not very
well known
elsewhere.
It had a
neck that
was very
long
compared to
some other
sauropods,
but other
than that,
it was just
like other
members of
its family
in that it
had a long
tail, stout
legs and was
really big.
Some
scientists
believe that
this
dinosaur may
belong in
the same
family as
Mamenchisaurus
because of
its
extremely
long neck.
However, it
is currently
classified
in the same
family as
Shunosaurus
which had a
club on its
tail. A club
tail was
found
associated
with the
remains of
Omeisaurus
in a bone
bed, but it
is now
assumed that
the tail
belonged to
a large
Shunosaurus
specimen.
Many people
don't
realize that
China is one
of the most
prolific
areas for
the
discovery of
dinosaurs.
The Sichuan
Province is
perhaps the
best place
in the world
to find
Jurassic
dinosaurs. |
