Dino card No. 0821 of 2,027

Huabeisaurus

Say it: HWAH-bay-SORE-us

Name means: “North China lizard”1

Ate: PlantsLong-necksLate Cretaceous

Huabeisaurus was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that stomped around what is now China during the Late Cretaceous. It was about as long as a bowling lane and as tall as a two-story house. This dinosaur helps scientists understand how sauropods evolved in Asia.1

Lived

100 to 72 million years ago4

Late Cretaceous

Fossils found in

Shanxi province, China1

Food

Plants1 2

Length

20 m1 3

estimate by Pang and Cheng in 2000

Height

5 m1 3

at the hips

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

How big was it?

as long as 4 cars parked in a rowas long as 110 bananas end to endas tall as 2.5 doors stacked up

How big was Huabeisaurus compared to YOU?

Just maths in your browser. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere.

cool stuff

Fun facts

Huabeisaurus was about 20 metres (66 feet) long and 5 metres (16 feet) tall at the hips.1 3

Its teeth were peg-like and the tooth crown was three times longer than the root.1 3

The skeleton was found in the 1990s in the Huiquanpu Formation of Shanxi, China.1

Huabeisaurus had five vertebrae fused together in its hip area, forming a strong plate.2

It lived alongside the ankylosaur Tianzhenosaurus and other dinosaurs.1

The specimen was almost fully grown, but not completely mature, because some bones had not yet fused.1

AI-made picture of Huabeisaurus — An AI-made picture of how Huabeisaurus might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

you asked

Most asked questions about Huabeisaurus

?How big was Huabeisaurus?

Huabeisaurus was about 20 metres (66 feet) long and 5 metres (16 feet) tall at the hips. That is as long as a bowling lane and as tall as a two story house.1 3

?What did Huabeisaurus eat?

Huabeisaurus was a plant-eater, just like other sauropods. It had peg-like teeth for stripping leaves and a long neck to reach high vegetation.1

?When did Huabeisaurus live?

Huabeisaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 99.7 to 70.6 million years ago. That is a long time after the Jurassic period.1

Ask Rex about Huabeisaurus

Rex only answers questions about this page. 3 questions a day.

Rex is an AI and can make mistakes. He runs on servers in the EU and questions are never saved. Never type your name or other personal things.

For dino experts

Scientific name: Huabeisaurus
Named by: Pang and Cheng 20004
Group: Long-necks
Family / clade: Euhelopodidae4
Classification: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria4
Age of the rocks: 100 to 72 million years (Cenomanian / Campanian)4
Rock formations: Huiquanpu4
Countries: China4
Fossil records: 1 in the Paleobiology Database4
Discovery: Huabeisaurus was named by Pang Qiqing and Cheng Zhengwu in 2000. The fossils were found in the 1990s in Tianzhen County, Shanxi, China.1 2
Still debated: Scientists are not sure which family Huabeisaurus belongs to. Some put it in its own family Huabeisauridae, others in Euhelopodidae or Titanosauria.1 2

Where the facts come from

Huabeisaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
A New Family of Sauropod Dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Tianzhen, Shanxi Province, China - Qiqing - 2000 - Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition - Wiley Online Library (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
Huabeisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

Every fact on this page has a number that points to its source. If we got something wrong, sorry, we are dino fans, not a science journal. Tell us at [email protected] and we will fix it.

Rex is hungry! Dino Wiki is a dad's project for his dino-loving son, free with no ads. Grown-ups can feed Rex a snack to help keep it online.Feed Rex