Huabeisaurus
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Huabeisaurus |
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Extinct (fossil)
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Huabeisaurus allocotus Pang & Cheng, 2000 |
Huabeisaurus (IPA: /hwɑbeɪˈsɔɹəs/, meaning "North China lizard") was a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a sauropod which lived in what is present-day 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 different remains, which include teeth, partial limbs and vertebrae.