Jingshanosaurus
"Jingshan lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Jingshanosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Jurassic (201.4–196.5 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Jingshanosaurus (meaning “Jingshan lizard”) is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the early Jurassic period (201.4 to 196.5 million years ago, Hettangian age) of China. The type and only species is Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis. Its maximum weight was around 4.3 t with an adult femur length of 845 mm. The genus grew up to 5 m long.
What we know
- Named by Zhang and Yang, 1995.
- Body length estimated at about 5 m.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Jingshanosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.