Tienshanosaurus Tienshanosaurus

"Tienshan lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tienshanosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
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.