Abrosaurus
Field photograph to come
Abrosaurus
DV-0325 · type species Abrosaurus dongpoensis
- Lived
- 171 to 155 million years ago, Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Ouyang 1989
Field notes
About Abrosaurus
Abrosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, 171 to 155 million years ago. It belongs to the family Mamenchisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Abrosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shaximiao Formation. It was named by Ouyang in 1989.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Mamenchisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. Ouyang. 1989. [A new sauropod from Dashanpu, Zigong Co., Sichuan Province (Abrosaurus dongpoensis gen. et sp. nov.)]. Zigong Dinosaur Museum Newsletter 2:10-14