Huabeisaurus

Taxobox|
name = "Huabeisaurus"|
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
familia = Titanosauridae
genus = "Huabeisaurus"
species = "H. allocotus"
binomial = "Huabeisaurus allocotus"
binomial_authority = Pang & Cheng, 2000

"Huabeisaurus" (pronEng|ˌhwɑːbeɪˈsɔrəs, meaning "North China lizard") was a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian stage, around 75 million years ago). It was a sauropod which lived in what is present-day northern China. The type species, "Huabeisaurus allocotus", was first described by Pang and Cheng in 2000. The dinosaur closely resembles "Opisthocoelicaudia", and was a quadrupal herbivore. "Huabeisaurus" is known from numerous remains, which include teeth, partial limbs and vertebrae. The discoverers erected a new family for the genus, Huabeisauridae, although this family name is not widely used amongst paleontologists.

References

* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/saltasauridae.htm "Huabeisaurus" in the Thescelosaurus site]
* [http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/names/dinoh.htm "Huabeisaurus" at Dinosauria]
* [http://www.dinosaurier-web.de/galery/pages_h/huabeisaurus.html"Huabeisaurus" at dinosaurier-web]
* [http://www.dinodata.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6630&Itemid=67 "Huabeisaurus" at Dinodata.org]