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long-neck giant · Disputed
Tienshanosaurus
Say it like this: “TYEN-SHAHN-o-SAWR-us”
Tienshanosaurus chitaiensis
Tienshanosaurus 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 (Bathonian · Callovian · Oxfordian) · roughly 168.2 to 154.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 1937 · Young, C. C.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Shishugou
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Mamenchisauridae
The story in short
Tienshanosaurus was formally named in 1937 by C. C. Young. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Tienshanosaurus date to the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bathonian · Callovian · Oxfordian), roughly 168.2 to 154.8 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Shishugou Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Tienshanosaurus 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 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
Chuanjiesaurus
Chuanjiesaurus anaensis
Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) · roughly 170.9 to 168.2 million years ago