with an elongated structure and a wide nasal cavity that may have allowed it to produce sounds for communication

providing balance during locomotion

even larger than the leatherback

the Edmonton River bed in Alberta

continues to be a topic of research and debate

Shunosaurus jiangyiensis Variant:Primed with an elongated structure andShunosaurus 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