Jingiella

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DV-1245Dongxing Fm., China

Jingiella

DV-1245 · type species Jingiella dongxingensis

Lived
155 to 149 million years ago, Late Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
Found in
China
Named by
Ren et al. 2024

Field notes

About Jingiella

Jingiella was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 155 to 149 million years ago. It belongs to the family Mamenchisauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Jingiella, from China. Its fossils come from the Dongxing Formation. It was named by Ren et al. in 2024.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

150 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Mamenchisauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X.-X. Ren, X.-R. Wang, and Y.-N. Ji, Z. Guo, q. jI. 2024. The first mamenchisaurid from the Upper Jurassic Dongxing Formation of Guangxi, southernmost China. Historical Biology