- · Grid units represent actual meters (m); human and animals are drawn to the exact same scale with original silhouette aspect ratios preserved.
- · When a size range is recorded (e.g. 1–1.6m), the lower bound is used for scale comparison.
- · Tuojiangosaurus silhouette: PhyloPic — Cy Marchant · CC BY 4.0 (Mongolostegus exspectabilis)
- · Human silhouette: PhyloPic — NASA · Public Domain Mark 1.0
Tuojiangosaurus
Tuojiangosaurus multispinus (Tuojiangosaurus · Tuojiangosaurus)
Known only from fossils. The IUCN Red List assesses only species extant since 1500 CE, so fossil taxa are not assigned a category.
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its estimated body length of about 7 m (representative value for the genus) is the length of one and a half passenger cars (about 4.5 m) (Comparison).
- 💡 Its estimated weight of about 1.5 tonnes is similar to the weight of a passenger car (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
Tuojiangosaurus multispinus (genus Tuojiangosaurus) was a herbivorous armored dinosaur that lived in China during the Jurassic. It walked on four legs.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its teeth were small and shaped for snipping plant material.
🔍 3. Fossil Record & Paleoecology
The Natural History Museum, London guide notes that it ate soft shoots and ferns.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • Fossil taxon — the IUCN Red List assesses only species living or extinct since 1500
- • paleobiodb.org — basicTaxonInfo
- • wikidata.org — Q20719496
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Natural History Museum Tuojiangosaurus.jpg
- • nhm.ac.uk — tuojiangosaurus.html
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Cy Marchant · CC BY 4.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Mongolostegus exspectabilis)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.