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Huaxiazhoulong

Say it: hwah-SHAH-joh-long

Name means: “China armour dragon with beast patterns”1 2

Ate: PlantsArmoured dinosLate Cretaceous

Huaxiazhoulong was a big, armoured dinosaur that looked like a living tank. It had a heavy club at the end of its tail that it could swing to scare away hungry predators.1

Lived

84 to 72 million years ago4

Late Cretaceous

Fossils found in

Jiangxi Province, China1 2

Food

Plants1 3

Length

6 m1 2

estimate

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

How big was it?

as long as 3 bicycles in a rowas long as 33 bananas end to end

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Fun facts

Huaxiazhoulong lived about 72 to 84 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous.1

Its tail club was about the size of a pomelo fruit and could hit with great force.1

The fossil was discovered in 1986 by a villager in Guangchang County, China.1 2

It was one of the largest ankylosaurs, reaching about 6 metres (20 feet) in length.1 2

Huaxiazhoulong had a strong, armoured body and powerful limbs.1

It is the second ankylosaur dinosaur named from Jiangxi Province in 2024.2

AI-made picture of Huaxiazhoulong — An AI-made picture of how Huaxiazhoulong 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.

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Most asked questions about Huaxiazhoulong

?How big was Huaxiazhoulong?

Huaxiazhoulong was about 6 metres (20 feet) long, making it a large ankylosaurid.2 1

?What did Huaxiazhoulong eat?

It was herbivorous, feeding on low-growing ferns, seeds, and leaves.1

?Did Huaxiazhoulong have a tail club?

Yes, it had a bony tail club which it could swing with great force to defend itself against predators.1

?When did Huaxiazhoulong live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 72 to 84 million years ago.1

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Scientific name: Huaxiazhoulong
Named by: Zhu et al. 20244
Group: Armoured dinos
Family / clade: Ankylosauridae4
Classification: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora4
Age of the rocks: 84 to 72 million years (Campanian)4
Rock formations: Tangbian4
Countries: China4
Fossil records: 1 in the Paleobiology Database4
Discovery: The fossil was found in 1986 by a villager in Jiangxi Province, China. It was studied and named Huaxiazhoulong shouwen by scientists in 2024.1 2
Still debated: Scientists are still debating exactly how Huaxiazhoulong is related to other ankylosaurs, especially the similar dinosaur Datai from the same region.2

Where the facts come from

Well-preserved Ankylosaur Fossil Identified as New Dinosaur Species----Academic Divisions of Chinese Academy of Sciences (english.ad.cas.cn)
Huaxiazhoulong (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Huaxiazhoulong in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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