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Mamenchisauridae

Daanosaurus zhangi

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Daanosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Daanosaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (163–145 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Mamenchisauridae

Daanosaurus (meaning “Da’an lizard” after Da’an district in Zigong, Sichuan) was a genus of sauropod dinosaur which lived during the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian - Tithonian stage, about 163 - 145 mya). It lived in what is now China (Sichuan Province), and was similar to Bellusaurus. Daanosaurus is known only from a partial skeleton of a juvenile, and it has been debated whether the specimen may be a juvenile mamenchisaurid.

What we know

  • Named by Ye, Gao, & Jiang, 2005.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Daanosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.