Genus
Valid Extinct

Jingshanosaurus

Zhang and Yang 1995

Jingshanosaurus is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the early Jurassic period of China. The type and only species is Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis. Its maximum weight was around 4.3 t with an adult femur length of 845 mm (33.3 in). The genus grew up to 5 m (16 ft) long.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Jingshanosaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Jingshanosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Lufeng
2
Temporal distribution
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
2
Species (2)
Chuxiongosaurus lufengensis subjective synonym of Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis 201 Ma
Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis 201 Ma
Synonyms (1)
Chuxiongosaurus subjective synonym of Jingshanosaurus
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
Y. Zhang and Z. Yang. 1995. A new complete osteology of Prosauropoda in Lufeng Basin, Yunnan, China. Yunnan Publishing House of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
Bibliography (2)
J. Lü, Y. Kobayashi, and T. Li, S. Zhong. 2010. A new basal sauropod dinosaur from the Lufeng Basin, Yunnan Province, southwestern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 84(6):1336-1342
Y. Zhang and Z. Yang. 1995. A new complete osteology of Prosauropoda in Lufeng Basin, Yunnan, China. Yunnan Publishing House of Science and Technology, Kunming, China