Yunyangosaurus

DV-1128

Lived: 184 to 171 million years ago, Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic
Diet: Carnivore
Group: Theropods
Found in: China
Named by: Dai et al. 2020

Field notes

About Yunyangosaurus

Yunyangosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic, 184 to 171 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Yunyangosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Xintiangou Formation. It was named by Dai et al. in 2020.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

180 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Sanxiasaurusearly ornithischian

Close relatives

Other members of Tetanurae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. Dai, R. Benson, and X. Hu, Q. Ma, C. Tan, N. Li, M. Xiao, H. Hu, Y. Zhou, Z. Wei, F. Zhang, S. Jiang, D. Li, G. Peng, Y. Yu, X. Xu. 2020. A new possible megalosauroid theropod from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of Chongqing, People’s Republic of China and its implication for early tetanuran evolution. Scientific Reports 10:139