Rhomaleopakhus
Field photograph to come
Rhomaleopakhus
DV-1154 · type species Rhomaleopakhus turpanensis
- Lived
- 152 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Upchurch et al. 2021
Field notes
About Rhomaleopakhus
Rhomaleopakhus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 152 to 143 million years ago. It belongs to the family Mamenchisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Rhomaleopakhus, from China. Its fossils come from the Kalazha Formation. It was named by Upchurch et al. in 2021.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
150 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Mamenchisauridae.
- MamenchisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- OmeisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- BellusaurusLate Jurassic
- XinjiangtitanMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- AbrosaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- TongnanlongLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- UragasaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Zigongosaurussauropod
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. Upchurch, P. D. Mannion, and X. Xu, P. M. Barrett. 2021. Re-assessment of the Late Jurassic eusauropod dinosaur Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum Dong, 1997, from the Turpan Basin, China, and the evolution of hyper-robust antebrachia in sauropods. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology