Zigongosaurus Zigongosaurus
"Zigong lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Zigongosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Middle Jurassic (174–163 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Mamenchisauridae
Zigongosaurus (meaning “Zigong lizard”) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Middle-Late Jurassic-aged Shaximiao Formation of Zigong, Sichuan, China. Because of incomplete knowledge of Jurassic Chinese sauropods, it has been hard to interpret, with some sources assigning it to Omeisaurus, some to Mamenchisaurus, and some to its own genus.
What we know
- Named by Hou, Zhou, & Chao, 1976.
- Fossils found in China.