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plated dinosaur
Chialingosaurus
Say it like this: “JYAH-LING-o-SAWR-us”
Chialingosaurus kuani
Chialingosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 1959 · Young, C. C.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Shaximiao
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- plated dinosaur · Stegosaur
- Family branch
- Stegosauria
The story in short
Chialingosaurus was formally named in 1959 by C. C. Young. The name means “chialing lizard.”
It lived in the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian), roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Shaximiao Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Chialingosaurus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Stegosauria, among the plated dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Amargastegos
Amargastegos brevicollus
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Baiyinosaurus
Baiyinosaurus baojiensis
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
Bashanosaurus
Bashanosaurus primitivus
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago