Sanpasaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0170Ziliujing Fm., China

Sanpasaurus

DV-0170 · type species Sanpasaurus yaoi

Lived
184 to 175 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods
Found in
China
Named by
Young 1944

Field notes

About Sanpasaurus

Sanpasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 184 to 175 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Sanpasaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Ziliujing Formation. It was named by Young in 1944.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

3 finds

180 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropoda.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C.-C. Young. 1944. On the reptilian remains from Weiyuan, Szechuan, China. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 24(3–4):187-205