Yandusaurus
Field photograph to come
Yandusaurus
DV-0262
- Lived
- 171 to 168 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 3 m (10 ft)
- Group
- Early ornithischians
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- He 1979
Field notes
About Yandusaurus
Yandusaurus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 171 to 168 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Yandusaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shaximiao Formation. It was named by He in 1979.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
170 million years ago
To scale
How big was Yandusaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Neornithischia.
- NanosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- EnigmacursorLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- AgilisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- PulaosaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- MinimocursorLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- HexinlusaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- SanxiasaurusEarly Jurassic to Middle Jurassic
- StormbergiaEarly Jurassic
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. C. Sereno. 1986. Phylogeny of the bird-hipped dinosaurs (order Ornithischia). National Geographic Research 2(2):234-256