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Xixiposaurus

Ate: PlantsLong-necksEarly Jurassic

Xixiposaurus belongs to the group: Long-necks. Its fossils come from rocks about 201 to 193 million years old.1

Lived
201 to 193 million years ago1
Early Jurassic
Most fossils found in
China1
Food
Plants1

When did it live?

Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid
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Scientific name
Xixiposaurus
Named by
Sekiya 20101
Group
Long-necks
Family / clade
Plateosauridae1
Classification
Sauropodomorpha1
Age of the rocks
201 to 193 million years (Hettangian / Sinemurian)1
Rock formations
Lufeng1
Countries
China1
Fossil records
1 in the Paleobiology Database1

Where the facts come from

  1. Xixiposaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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