Tuojiangosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0241Shaximiao Fm., China

Tuojiangosaurus

DV-0241 · type species Tuojiangosaurus multispinus

Lived
168 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Length
about 7 m (23 ft)
Group
Stegosaurs, Stegosauridae
Found in
China
Named by
Dong et al. 1977

Field notes

About Tuojiangosaurus

Tuojiangosaurus was a plant-eating stegosaur that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 168 to 162 million years ago. It belongs to the family Stegosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Tuojiangosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shaximiao Formation. It was named by Dong et al. in 1977.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

165 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Tuojiangosaurus?

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Tuojiangosaurus: about 7 m (23 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical stegosaur shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Stegosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Z. Dong, X. Li, and S. Zhou, Y. Zhang. 1977. On the stegosaurian remains from Zigong (Tzekung), Szechuan province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15(4):307-312