Jainosaurus
Field photograph to come
Jainosaurus
DV-0382
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- India
- Named by
- Hunt et al. 1995
Field notes
About Jainosaurus
Jainosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Jainosaurus, from India. Its fossils come from the Lameta Formation. It was named by Hunt et al. in 1995.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Lithostrotia.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. P. Hunt, M. G. Lockley, and S. G. Lucas, C. A. Meyer. 1995. The global sauropod fossil record. Aspects of Sauropod Paleobiology. GAIA 10:261-279