Shunosaurus jiangyiensis hippotragus El descubrimiento de Citipati osmolskae

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and feathered dinosaurs that resembled a mix between a bird and a reptile

although it could also have had defense functions against predators

a feathered carnivorous dinosaur the size of a human

with large eyes and sharp teeth adapted for capturing prey

Shunosaurus jiangyiensis hippotragus El descubrimiento de Citipati osmolskaeShunosaurus jiangyiensis was a herbivorous sauropod that lived during the Middle Jurassic Period, approximately 170 to 160 million years ago, in what is now China. This dinosaur belongs to the family Shunosauridae, a group of relatively primitive and smaller sauropods compared to other giant sauropods from the same period. Shunosaurus jiangyiensis is notable for being one of the first known sauropods to have a unique defensive adaptation: a bony club