page_title: Lotosaurus
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Lotosaurus / Description
caption_attribution_description: Lotosaurus adentus, a middle Triassic archosaur from China, pencil drawing, digital coloring
context_page_description: Lotosaurus is an extinct genus of sail-backed poposauroid known from Hunan Province of central China.
context_section_description: Lotosaurus was 1.5 to 2.5 m (4.9 to 8.2 ft) long and a heavily built quadruped. It was a herbivore, shearing off leaves with its toothless, beaked jaws. Lotosaurus, like some other members of the Poposauroidea, had a sail on its back, granting it an appearance superficially similar to that of Permian pelycosaurs like Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus, although not as high.
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