Shunosaurus lii
"lizard from Sichuan"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Shunosaurus 11 m (36 ft) long
as long as 7 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 11 m (36 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (161–157 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Shunosaurus (“lizard from Sichuan”) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) beds in Sichuan Province in China, from 161 to 157 Million years ago. The name derives from “Shu”, an ancient name for the Sichuan province.
What we know
- Named by Dong et al., 1983.
- Body length estimated at about 11 m.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Shunosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.