#xixiposaurus

[rmyers08]

Day 25: #drawdinovember2017 The fire that had raged through the valley during the night has died. A lone #xixiposaurus walks in the grey dawn, picking its way among still smoldering logs. It has survived the fire but will now need to find food. ................... not a lot of resources online for this one so it came out a bit generic, using #plateosaurus and #yunnanosaurus as templates. ............................ #jurassic #lufeng #china #sauropodomorph #prosauropod #plateosaurid #pencil #doodle #drawdinovember

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

This lovely Xixiposaurus is by my friend, snowysauropteryx! Though not in time for the entry, it is a great artistic representation of the animal (by someone other than my friend thewoodparable!) I’ve been following Snowy for a long time; their blog is fantastic and wonderful to be honest, and you all should follow them :) They do lots of dinosaur stuff, obviously, hence my glowing recommendation, ahaha. (Also, they modeled the coloration off of Little Foot from the Land Before Time, so... 100/10 would recommend)

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Xixiposaurus suni

Source: thewoodparable... again; sorry friend

Name: Xixiposaurus suni

Name Meaning: Thin Thin Slope Lizard

First Described: 2010

Described By: Sekiya

Classification: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Sauropodmorpha, Plateosauria, Massopoda

Xixiposaurus was a prosauropod from the Lower Lufeng Formation in China. It lived in the early Jurassic period, some time between 201 and 190 million years ago, between the Hettangian and Sinemurian ages (based on the rock formation in which it was found.) Other than that, we know absolutely nothing about this animal. 

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xixiposaurus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Lufeng_Series

Shout out goes to softcolorandcompany!