Dinosaurs - Lufengosaurus huenei

Lufengosaurus huenei was a plant-eating dinosaur that lived about 195 to 190 million years ago. It was probably able to stand and walk on its hind legs as well as on all fours. It was a prosauropod, an early relative of the more massive sauropods. It belonged to the family Plateosauridae.

Lufengosaurus huenei had:

• small flat teeth with serrated edges which enabled it to shred plants
• strong hind legs which enabled it to stand and reach leaves high up in trees
• short front legs that were strong enough for it to walk on all fours
• five digits on each limb with a large thumb claw that it may have used for defence
• a big tail that helped to counter-balance its body.

Lufengosaurus huenei occurred in the Early Jurassic of southwestern China near Lufeng in Yunnan province from the Lower Lufeng.

This dinosaur was discovered by Dr C C Young, a Chinese dinosaur expert. He named it Lufengosaurus because it was found at Lufeng, and huenei after his teacher, F F von Huene.