Yunnanosaurus

DV-0168

Lived: 201 to 193 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Length: about 7 m (23 ft)
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: China
Named by: Young 1940

Field notes

About Yunnanosaurus

Yunnanosaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 193 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 15 finds of Yunnanosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from rocks including the Lufeng Formation and the Fengjiahe Formation. It was named by Young in 1940.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

15 finds

195 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Yunnanosaurus?

Yunnanosaurus: about 7 m (23 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical early sauropodomorph shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropodiformes.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C.-C. Young. 1940. Preliminary notes on the Lufeng vertebrate fossils. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 20(3-4):235-239