Jingiella
Field photograph to come
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
150 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Mamenchisauridae.
- MamenchisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- OmeisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- BellusaurusLate Jurassic
- XinjiangtitanMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- AbrosaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- TongnanlongLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- UragasaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Zigongosaurussauropod
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