Description Huabeisaurus



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the late cretaceous titanosauriform sauropod huabeisaurus known teeth , of postcranial skeleton. completeness makes important taxon integrating , interpreting anatomical observations more fragmentary cretaceous east asian sauropods , understanding titanosauriform evolution in general.


measuring 20 metres (66 ft) in total length, huabeisaurus large when compared dinosaurs, sauropod standards, midsized. had hip height of 5 metres (16 ft). other sauropods, have been quadrupedal herbivore long neck , tail.


the skeleton has been presumed have belonged mature individual. absence of sutures between neural arches , centra of cervical, dorsal, , caudal vertebrae suggests specimen nearing sexual maturity, open sutures between scapula , coracoid, , ilium , sacral ribs suggest had not reached full maturity.








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