Zigongosaurus
Field photograph to come
Zigongosaurus
DV-0235 · type species Mamenchisaurus fuxiensis
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
- Named by
- Hou et al. 1976
Field notes
About Zigongosaurus
Zigongosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod. It belongs to the family Mamenchisauridae.
It was named by Hou et al. in 1976.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
No finds with map coordinates are recorded yet.
Close relatives
Other members of Mamenchisauridae.
- MamenchisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- OmeisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- BellusaurusLate Jurassic
- XinjiangtitanMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- AbrosaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- TongnanlongLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- UragasaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- AnalongMiddle Jurassic
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L.-h. Hou, S.-w. Zhou, and S.-c. Chao. 1976. [New discovery of sauropod dinosaurs from Sichuan]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 14(3):160-165