Daanosaurus
Field photograph to come
Daanosaurus
DV-0569 · type species Daanosaurus zhangi
- Lived
- 155 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Ye et al. 2005
Field notes
About Daanosaurus
Daanosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 155 to 143 million years ago. It belongs to the family Mamenchisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Daanosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shaximiao Formation. It was named by Ye et al. in 2005.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
150 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: Y. Ye, Y.-H. Gao, and S. Jiang. 2005. A new genus of sauropod from Zigong, Sichuan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 43(3):175-181