Klamelisaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0357Shishugou Fm., China

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

1 find

165 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Mamenchisauridae.

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