Datousaurus

DV-0294 · type species Datousaurus bashanensis

Lived: 175 to 155 million years ago, Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
Diet: Herbivore
Length: about 15 m (49 ft)
Group: Sauropods
Found in: China
Named by: Dong and Tang 1984

Field notes

About Datousaurus

Datousaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, 175 to 155 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Datousaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shaximiao Formation. It was named by Dong and Tang in 1984.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

165 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Datousaurus?

Datousaurus: about 15 m (49 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Eusauropoda.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Z. Dong and Z. Tang. 1984. [Note on a new Mid-Jurassic sauropod (Datousaurus bashanensis gen. et sp. nov.) from Sichuan Basin, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22(1):69-75