Genus
Valid Extinct

Zigongosaurus

Hou et al. 1976

Zigongosaurus 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.

Temporal range
PBDB occurrences
0
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Saurischia Unranked clade
Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
Massopoda Unranked clade
Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
Sauropoda Unranked clade
Gravisauria Unranked clade
Eusauropoda Unranked clade
Mamenchisauridae Unranked clade
Zigongosaurus Genus
Bibliography
Original description
L.-h. Hou, S.-w. Zhou, and S.-c. Chao. 1976. [New discovery of sauropod dinosaurs from Sichuan]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 14(3):160-165