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early long-neck
Jingshanosaurus
Say it like this: “JING-SHAHN-o-SAWR-us”
Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis
Jingshanosaurus ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Hettangian) · roughly 201.4 to 199.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 1995 · Zhang, Y.; Yang, Z.
- Hip height
- 2.3 m · 8 ft
- Length
- 5 m · 16 ft
- Weight
- 1.6 tonnes
- Found in
- China · Lufeng
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Sauropodiformes
The story in short
The genus Jingshanosaurus dates to 1995, the year Y. Zhang and Z. Yang described it. The name means “jingshan lizard.”
Fossils referred to Jingshanosaurus date to the Early Jurassic (Hettangian), roughly 201.4 to 199.5 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Lufeng Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Jingshanosaurus at a length near 5 m, hips about 2.3 m high, and a body mass around 1.6 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Sauropodiformes, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aardonyx
Aardonyx celestae
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Anchisaurus
Anchisaurus polyzelus
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Blikanasaurus
Blikanasaurus cromptoni
Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian) · roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago