Damalasaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0305China

Damalasaurus

DV-0305 · type species Damalasaurus magnus

Lived
201 to 175 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods
Found in
China
Named by
Zhao 1985

Field notes

About Damalasaurus

Damalasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 175 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Damalasaurus, from China. It was named by Zhao in 1985.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

190 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropoda.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Zhao. 1985. [The Jurassic Reptilia]. [The Jurassic System of China. Stratigraphy of China, No. 11]