Sanpasaurus
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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
180 million years ago
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