Gannansaurus

DV-0852 · type species Gannansaurus sinensis

Lived: 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods
Found in: China
Named by: Lü et al. 2013

Field notes

About Gannansaurus

Gannansaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Gannansaurus, from China. It was named by Lü et al. in 2013.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Somphospondyli.

SauroposeidonEarly Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
DongbeititanEarly Cretaceous
DasosaurusEarly Cretaceous
ChubutisaurusEarly Cretaceous
BrontomerusEarly Cretaceous
AustrosaurusEarly Cretaceous
HuanghetitanEarly Cretaceous
AngolatitanLate Cretaceous

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. Lü, L. Yi, and H. Zhong, X. Wei. 2013. A new somphospondylan sauropod (Dinosauria, Titanosauriformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province of southern China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87(3):678-685