Animal Species:Omeisaurus tianfuensis

Omeisaurus tianfuensis was a long-necked herbivorous dinosaur that lived in herds around 175 million years ago.

Omeisaurus

Omeisaurus
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Identification

Omeisaurus tianfuensis had:

  • a very long neck that helped it to grasp foliage;
  • a very large appetite (like other sauropods), possibly consuming up to one tonne of plants each day;
  • a rounded body, giving it a small surface area compared to its volume. This helped it to keep warm by reducing heat loss.

Feeding Habit

herbivore

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Fossils

Omeisaurus tianfuensis was named after the mountain Emeishan, where the original fossil was found.

Evolutionary Relationships

Omeisaurus tianfuensis was a sauropod belonging to the Chinese family Euhelopodidae, a group of massive dinosaurs that lived from the Late Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous.

Classification

Family:
Euhelopodidae

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