| Qingxiusaurus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Family: | †Saltasauridae |
| Genus: | †Qingxiusaurus Moet al., 2008 |
| Type species | |
| †Qingxiusaurus youjiangensis Moet al., 2008 | |
Qingxiusaurus (meaning "Qingxiu lizard"; "Qingxiu" is short forPinyin "shangqingshuixiu", which means "a picturesque scenery of mountains and water in Guangxi"[1]) is agenus oftitanosaursauropoddinosaur from theLate Cretaceous Dashi Site ofGuangxi,China. Thetype species, described by Moet al. in 2008, isQ. youjiangensis.[1] Like other sauropods,Qingxiusaurus would have been a largequadrupedalherbivore.[2] It is known from only limited remains collected in 1991: Twohumeri, twosternal plates, and the neural spine of a single vertebra.
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