placing it in the middle of the ceratopsian range

continues to be a topic of research and debate

providing balance during locomotion

the Edmonton River bed in Alberta

Shunosaurus jiangyiensis Variant:Primed placing it in the middleShunosaurus 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