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Hanwulosaurus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Dinosaur

Family
  
†Ankylosauridae

Phylum
  
Chordate

Order
  
†Ornithischia

Similar
  
Helioceratops, Platyceratops, Yuanmousaurus, Shixinggia, Lamaceratops

"Hanwulosaurus" is the informal name given to an as-yet undescribed genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was an ankylosaur around 9 meters (29.3 feet) long, which is long for an ankylosaur. Its fossils were found in Inner Mongolia, China. Much of a skeleton, including a complete skull, vertebrae, ribs, a scapula, an ulna, femorae, bones from the shin, and armor, was discovered; this may be the most complete ankylosaurian skeleton yet found in Asia, according to early reports. Zhao Xijin, who has studied it, suggests that it may belong to its own subgroup within the Ankylosauria. The name first surfaced in news reports in 2001.

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Hanwulosaurus Wikipedia


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