Nebulasaurus
Field photograph to come
Nebulasaurus
DV-0928 · type species Nebulasaurus taito
- Lived
- 175 to 168 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xing et al. 2015
Field notes
About Nebulasaurus
Nebulasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 175 to 168 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Nebulasaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Zhanghe Formation. It was named by Xing et al. in 2015.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
170 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Eusauropoda.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. Xing, T. Miyashita, and P. J. Currie, H. You, Z. Dong. 2015. A new basal eusauropod from the Middle Jurassic of Yunnan, China, and faunal compositions and transitions of Asian sauropodomorph dinosaurs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(1):145-154