Jingshanosaurus

DV-0383

Lived: 201 to 200 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Length: about 5 m (16 ft)
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: China
Named by: Zhang and Yang 1995

Field notes

About Jingshanosaurus

Jingshanosaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 200 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Jingshanosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Lufeng Formation. It was named by Zhang and Yang in 1995.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

200 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Jingshanosaurus?

Jingshanosaurus: about 5 m (16 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical early sauropodomorph shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropodiformes.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Y. Zhang and Z. Yang. 1995. A new complete osteology of Prosauropoda in Lufeng Basin, Yunnan, China. Yunnan Publishing House of Science and Technology, Kunming, China