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Gongpoquansaurus Gongpoquansaurus mazongshanensis (Lü 1997)
/ɡˌɔŋpəkwɐnsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 113.2–110.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Gansu
Formation
Zhonggou
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Gongpoquansaurus mazongshanensis is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 113.2–110.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Gansu, China. It was named by (Lü 1997). The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Gongpoquansaurus mazongshanensis sits in deep time
Gongpoquansaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Gongpoquansaurus mazongshanensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.