Qianlong shouhu

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Context

• Researchers in China have discovered a previously unknown dinosaur species alongside dozens of its unhatched eggs.
• The newly identified species has been named Qianlong shouhu.

Details

• Qianlong shouhu, belongs to a group of dinosaurs known as sauropodomorphs, which contains sauropods and their
• These dinosaurs could grow to colossal sizes and they walked on four legs.
• They are characterized by their very long necks, long tails, small heads and thick legs.
• Qianlong shouhu was a medium-sized sauropodomorph that measured roughly 20 feet in length and likely weighed 1 ton.
• They also found around 50 fossilized eggs of the same species that contained the skeletal remains of the embryos inside them.
• The Chinese researchers analyzed the eggs and said that they were elliptical in shape and relatively small.
• They also revealed that the eggshells may have had a texture similar to leather.