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Think there are no big dinosaurs in China? Take stock of several dragon giant beasts unearthed in China

1. Shandong Dragon

Think there are no big dinosaurs in China? Take stock of several dragon giant beasts unearthed in China

The fossil specimen of Shandong Dragon was unearthed in Shandong Province, China, as a species of duck-billed dragon in the family Diplodocus, and is estimated to have existed in the late Cretaceous period. The size of the Shandong dragon is very large, with a body length of 15 meters alone and a weight of about 10 tons. Its physique is not worse than that of its natural enemy, Tyrannosaurus rex, and even in the duck-billed dragon family, it is a behemoth.

2. Zhucheng Tyrannosaurus

Think there are no big dinosaurs in China? Take stock of several dragon giant beasts unearthed in China

One of several species of tyrannosaurs in Asia, larger than the famous Tyrannosaurus rex. The standard body length reaches 12 meters, close to the North American Rex T. rex, found in the famous dinosaur origin of Shandong Cities. The food of Zhucheng Tyrannosaurus was mainly duck-billed dragons and East Asian horned dragons, which should have been at the top of the food chain at that time, similar to the lions in the African savannah today.

3. Yellow River Dragon

Think there are no big dinosaurs in China? Take stock of several dragon giant beasts unearthed in China

A very large sauropod vegetarian dinosaur , native to Henan and Shaanxi provinces in China. The Yellow River Dragon is 8.2 meters high, 20 meters long, and weighs 20-40 tons. Compared with the same domestic sauropods, Mamenxi and Emei, its body is very strong and can better resist the damage of carnivorous dinosaurs.

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