Jiangjunosaurus
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Jiangjunosaurus
DV-0631 · type species Jiangjunosaurus junggarensis
- Lived
- 162 to 155 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Stegosaurs, Stegosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Jia et al. 2007
Field notes
About Jiangjunosaurus
Jiangjunosaurus was a plant-eating stegosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic, 162 to 155 million years ago. It belongs to the family Stegosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Jiangjunosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shishugou Formation. It was named by Jia et al. in 2007.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
160 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Stegosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. Jia, C. A. Forster, and X. Xu, J. M. Clark. 2007. The first stegosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation of Xinjiang, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(3):351-356