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Mamenchisauridae

Jingiella dongxingensis

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Jingiella 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 Jingiella
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (163–145 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Mamenchisauridae
Jingiella reconstruction by Ddinodan
Reconstruction · Ddinodan (CC-BY)

Jingiella is an extinct genus of mamenchisaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Dongxing Formation of Guangxi, China. The genus contains a single species, J. dongxingensis, known from vertebrae and limb bones. The original description of Jingiella referred to it using the name “Jingia” which was preoccupied by a moth genus named in 1983, and an amendment was published shortly thereafter, establishing Jingiella as the new replacement name.

What we know

  • Named by Ren et al., 2024.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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