Pulaosaurus
Field photograph to come
Pulaosaurus
DV-1286 · type species Pulaosaurus qinglong
- Lived
- 165 to 155 million years ago, Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Yang et al. 2025
Field notes
About Pulaosaurus
Pulaosaurus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, 165 to 155 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Pulaosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Tiaojishan Formation. It was named by Yang et al. in 2025.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
160 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Neornithischia.
- NanosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- EnigmacursorLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- AgilisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- YandusaurusMiddle Jurassic
- MinimocursorLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- HexinlusaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- SanxiasaurusEarly Jurassic to Middle Jurassic
- StormbergiaEarly Jurassic
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Y. Yang, J. L. King, and X. Xu. 2025. A new neornithischian dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of northern China. PeerJ 13(4443):e19664:1-58