Tienshanosaurus
Field photograph to come
Tienshanosaurus
DV-0163
- Lived
- 162 to 155 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Young 1937
Field notes
About Tienshanosaurus
Tienshanosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 162 to 155 million years ago. It belongs to the family Mamenchisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Tienshanosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shishugou Formation. It was named by Young in 1937.
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 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: C.-C. Young. 1937. A new dinosaurian from Sinkiang. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C, Whole Series No. 132 213:1-29