Chinshakiangosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0230Fengjiahe Fm., China

Chinshakiangosaurus

DV-0230 · type species Chinshakiangosaurus chunghoensis

Lived
201 to 200 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Length
about 11 m (36 ft)
Group
Sauropods
Found in
China
Named by
Yeh 1975

Field notes

About Chinshakiangosaurus

Chinshakiangosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 200 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Chinshakiangosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Fengjiahe Formation. It was named by Yeh in 1975.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

200 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

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Chinshakiangosaurus: about 11 m (36 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropoda.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H.-K. Yeh. 1975. Zhū luó xì [Jurassic system]. Yúnnán zhōngshēngdài hóng céng [Mesozoic Red Beds of Yunnan]