Tuojiangosaurus
Field photograph to come
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
165 million years ago
To scale
How big was Tuojiangosaurus?
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