Dashanpusaurus
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Dashanpusaurus
DV-0570 · type species Dashanpusaurus dongi
- Lived
- 171 to 155 million years ago, Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Peng et al. 2005
Field notes
About Dashanpusaurus
Dashanpusaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, 171 to 155 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Dashanpusaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shaximiao Formation. It was named by Peng et al. in 2005.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Macronaria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: G. Peng, Y. Ye, and Y. Gao, C. Shu, S. Jiang. 2005. Zìgòng dìqū zhū luó jì kǒnglóng dòngwù qún [Jurassic Dinosaur Faunas in Zigong].