Janenschia

DV-0342

Lived: 149 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Length: about 20 m (66 ft)
Group: Sauropods
Found in: Tanzania
Named by: Wild 1991

Field notes

About Janenschia

Janenschia was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 149 to 143 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Janenschia, from Tanzania. Its fossils come from the Tendaguru Formation. It was named by Wild in 1991.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

145 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Janenschia?

Janenschia: about 20 m (66 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: R. Wild. 1991. Janenschia n. g. robusta (E. Fraas 1908) pro Tornieria robusta (E. Fraas 1908) (Reptilia, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha) [Janenschia n. g. robusta (E. Fraas 1908) for Tornieria robusta (E. Fraas 1908) (Reptilia, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha)]. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 173:1-4