Baotianmansaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0680Xiaguan Fm., China

Baotianmansaurus

DV-0680

Lived
94 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods
Found in
China
Named by
Zhang et al. 2009

Field notes

About Baotianmansaurus

Baotianmansaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 94 to 72 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Baotianmansaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Xiaguan Formation. It was named by Zhang et al. in 2009.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Titanosauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Zhang, J. Lü, and J. Li, L. Yang, W. Hu, S. Jia, Q. Ji, C. Zhang. 2009. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Gaogou Formation of Nanyang, Henan Province. Acta Geologica Sinica 83(2):212-221