Chungkingosaurus
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Chungkingosaurus
DV-0280 · type species Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis
- Lived
- 168 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 4 m (13 ft)
- Group
- Stegosaurs, Stegosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Dong et al. 1983
Field notes
About Chungkingosaurus
Chungkingosaurus was a plant-eating stegosaur that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 168 to 162 million years ago. It belongs to the family Stegosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Chungkingosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shaximiao Formation. It was named by Dong et al. in 1983.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
To scale
How big was Chungkingosaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Stegosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Z. Dong, S. Zhou, and H. Zhang. 1983. [Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan]. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 162(23):1-136