Dinosaurs · Armoured dinosaur

Gobisaurus

Say it goh-bee-sore-us. The name means ‘Gobi lizard’.

Gobisaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of armoured dinosaurs

Length: 5 m
Diet: Plant-eater
When: Early Cretaceous121 to 99 million years ago
Fossils found in: China
Named by: Vickaryous, Russell, Currie and Zhao (2001)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Thyreophora › Ankylosauria › Ankylosauridae

Where Gobisaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Armoured dinosaurs. Plated and armoured plant-eaters, such as Stegosaurus and the ankylosaurs. See all 33

Lived at the same time

Archaeoceratops · same country
Equijubus · same country
Probactrosaurus · same country
Psittacosaurus · same country
Protarchaeopteryx · same country
Sinornithosaurus · same country
Beipiaosaurus · same country
Confuciusornis · same country

Other armoured dinosaurs

Minmi Early Cretaceous
Sauropelta Early Cretaceous
Shamosaurus Early Cretaceous
Silvisaurus Early Cretaceous
Polacanthus Early Cretaceous
Nodosaurus Early Cretaceous
Cedarpelta Early Cretaceous
Gastonia Early Cretaceous

Source: Gobisaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.