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Mamenchisauridae

Eomamenchisaurus yuanmouensis

"dawn"

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Eomamenchisaurus 1.2 m (3.8 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Eomamenchisaurus
Length
1.2 m (3.8 ft)
Period
Middle Jurassic (174.1–161.2 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Mamenchisauridae

Eomamenchisaurus (meaning “dawn Mamenchisaurus”) is a genus of mamenchisaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Zhanghe Formation of Yuanmou, Yunnan, China. The type species is E. yuanmouensis, described by Lü Junchang and colleagues in 2008.

What we know

  • Named by Lü et al., 2008.
  • Body length estimated at about 1.16 m.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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