Klamelisaurus
Field photograph to come
Klamelisaurus
DV-0357
- Lived
- 165 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Zhao 1993
Field notes
About Klamelisaurus
Klamelisaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 165 to 162 million years ago. It belongs to the family Mamenchisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Klamelisaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shishugou Formation. It was named by Zhao in 1993.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
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. Zhao. 1993. A new mid-Jurassic sauropod (Klamelisaurus gobiensis gen. et sp. nov.) from Xinjiang, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 31(2):132-138