Chuanjiesaurus
Field photograph to come
Chuanjiesaurus
DV-0458
- Lived
- 171 to 168 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Fang et al. 2000
Field notes
About Chuanjiesaurus
Chuanjiesaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 171 to 168 million years ago. It belongs to the family Mamenchisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Chuanjiesaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Chuanjie Formation. It was named by Fang et al. in 2000.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
170 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Mamenchisauridae.
- MamenchisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- OmeisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- BellusaurusLate Jurassic
- XinjiangtitanMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- AbrosaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- TongnanlongLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- UragasaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Zigongosaurussauropod
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Fang, Pang, and J. Lü, Y. Zhang, Pan, X. Wang, Li, Cheng. 2000. [Lower, Middle, and Upper Jurassic divisions of the Lufeng region of Yunnan province]. Proceedings of the Third National Stratigraphical Conference of China. Geological Publishing House, Beijing