Shunosaurus
Field photograph to come
Shunosaurus
DV-0289 · type species Shunosaurus lii
- Lived
- 175 to 155 million years ago, Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 10 m (33 ft)
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Dong et al. 1983
Field notes
About Shunosaurus
Shunosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, 175 to 155 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 5 finds of Shunosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shaximiao Formation. It was named by Dong et al. in 1983.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
To scale
How big was Shunosaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Eusauropoda.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Z. Dong, S. Zhou, and H. Zhang. 1983. [Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan]. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 162(23):1-136