Anchisauria Asia Dinosauria Early Cretaceous Eusaurischia Eusauropoda Gravisauria Macronaria Massopoda Neosauropoda Plateosauria Saurischia Sauropoda Sauropodiformes Sauropodomorpha Somphospondyli Titanosauria Titanosauriformes

Ruyangosaurus giganteus

Dinosaur: Ruyangosaurus giganteus

Cretaceous: 121.4–100.5 Ma

Type: Sauropod

*Length:**	27 m	88.6 ft
*Weight:**	46 tons	101,413 lb

ESR: 3 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Area: Asia

Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Aptian-Albian
Years: 121.4–100.5 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Lü et al.
Year: 2009

Distribution

Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Henan
Formation: Haoling

Classification

Dinosauria
Saurischia
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Plateosauria
Massopoda
Sauropodiformes
Anchisauria
Sauropoda
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Neosauropoda
Macronaria
Titanosauriformes
Somphospondyli
Titanosauria

Sources

Material: Large part of skeleton (probably a few individuals).
References: Lü, Junchang; Pu, Hanyong; Xu, Li; Jia, Songhai; Zhang, Jiming; Shen, Caizhi (2014). Osteology of the giant sauropod dinosaur Ruyangosaurus giganteus Lü et al., 2009.

Locations

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