Lufengosaurus

DV-0166

Lived: 201 to 193 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Length: about 6 m (20 ft)
Group: Early sauropodomorphs, Massospondylidae
Found in: China
Named by: Young 1940

Field notes

About Lufengosaurus

Lufengosaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 193 million years ago. It belongs to the family Massospondylidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 26 finds of Lufengosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Lufeng Formation. It was named by Young in 1940.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

26 finds

195 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Lufengosaurus?

Lufengosaurus: about 6 m (20 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 Massospondylidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C.-C. Young. 1940. Preliminary notes on the Lufeng vertebrate fossils. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 20(3-4):235-239