Protognathosaurus
Field photograph to come
Protognathosaurus
DV-0344 · type species Protognathosaurus oxyodon
- Lived
- 171 to 155 million years ago, Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Cetiosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Olshevsky 1991
Field notes
About Protognathosaurus
Protognathosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, 171 to 155 million years ago. It belongs to the family Cetiosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Protognathosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shaximiao Formation. It was named by Olshevsky in 1991.
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 Cetiosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: G. Olshevsky. 1991. A revision of the parainfraclass Archosauria Cope, 1869, excluding the advanced Crocodylia. Mesozoic Meanderings 2:1-196