What is Lufengosaurus?
{{italictitle}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = [[Early Jurassic]] {{fossil range|190}} | image = Lufengosaurus holotype specimen.jpg | image_upright = 1.15 | image_caption = Holotype of ''L. huenei'' on display at the [[Paleozoological Museum of China]]. | taxon = Lufengosaurus | authority = [[Yang Zhongjian|Young]], 1941 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *{{extinct}}''L. huenei'' <small>Young, 1941([[Type species|type]])</small> *{{extinct}}''L. magnus'' <small>Young, 1947</small> | synonyms = *'''''Tawasaurus''''' <small>Young, 1982</small> *?''[[Gyposaurus]]'' <small>Broom, 1911</small> }} [[File:Lufengosaurus sketch2.jpg|thumb|250px|{{center|''Lufengosaurus magnus''}}]] '''''Lufengosaurus''''' is a [[genus]] of early [[sauropod]] [[dinosaur]] from the [[Lower Jurassic]] of [[China]].<ref name=lufenFTD>{{cite web |url=http://dinosaurs.findthedata.com/l/159/Lufengosaurus |title=Lufengosaurus |website=Find The Data |publisher=Graphiq Inc |access-date=February 3, 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It lived in the earliest [[Lower Jurassic]] in what is now southwestern [[China]]. Lufengosaurus was an [[omnivore]].<ref name=lufenFTD /> The largest ''Lufengosaurus'' skeleton is {{convert|6|m}} long, {{convert|4|m}} high and {{convert|1.5|m}} wide.<ref name=Paul>Paul G.S. 2010. ''The Princeton field guide to dinosaurs''. Princeton University Press, p. 135.</ref><ref name=dinocast>{{cite web |url=http://www.dinocasts.com/prod_productdetails.asp?productid=708 |title=Lufengosaurus magnus |publisher=Dinocasts.com |access-date=February 3, 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It weighted about {{convert|200|kg}}.<ref name=dinocast /> It could probably walk upright based on its powerful rear legs.<ref name=dinocast /> It was the first complete dinosaur [[skeleton]] mounted in China, and first time a dinosaur was depicted on a stamp.<ref name=Paul /> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == *