Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 119680

Alternative combinations: Zhongyuanosaurus lauyangensis, Zhongyuanosaurus luoyangensis, Zhongyuansaurus luoyangensis

Full reference: X. Li, J. Lü, X. Zhang, S. Jia, W. Hu, J. Zhang, Y. Wu and Q. Ji. 2007. [A new nodosaurid dinosaur fossil from the Cretaceous Period of Ruyang, Henan]. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(4):433-438

Belongs to Zhongyuangosaurus according to X. Li et al. 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: 41HIII-0002, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Liufugou, Liudan, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Mangchuan Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur length 525.0, femur diameter 80.0, fibual length 210.0, fibual diameter 30.0, tibia length 240.0, tibia diameter 70.0

Estimated body mass: 603.1 kg based on femur length