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Mamenchisauridae

Tienshanosaurus

"Tienshan lizard"

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tienshanosaurus 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 Tienshanosaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (163–157 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Mamenchisauridae

Tienshanosaurus (meaning “Tienshan lizard”) is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of what is now China. Only one species is known, Tienshanosaurus chitaiensis, which was named and described in 1937.

What we know

  • Named by Yang, 1937.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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