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long-neck giant
Chuanjiesaurus
Say it like this: “chwahn-jyeh-SAWR-us”
Chuanjiesaurus anaensis
Chuanjiesaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) · roughly 170.9 to 168.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2000 · Fang, X.; Long, Q.; Lu, L.; Zhang, Z.; Pan, S.; Wang, Y.; Li, X.; Cheng, Z.
- Hip height
- 3.9 m · 13 ft
- Length
- 25 m · 82 ft
- Weight
- 11 tonnes
- Found in
- China · Chuanjie
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Mamenchisauridae
The story in short
In 2000, X. Fang and colleagues published the name Chuanjiesaurus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Chuanjiesaurus date to the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian), roughly 170.9 to 168.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Chuanjie Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Chuanjiesaurus at a length near 25 m, hips about 3.9 m high, and a body mass around 11 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Mamenchisauridae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Analong
Analong chuanjieensis
Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) · roughly 170.9 to 168.2 million years ago
Anhuilong
Anhuilong diboensis
Middle Jurassic (Aalenian–Callovian) · roughly 174.7 to 161.5 million years ago
Eomamenchisaurus
Eomamenchisaurus yuanmouensis
Middle Jurassic (Aalenian · Bajocian · Bathonian) · roughly 174.7 to 165.3 million years ago