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long-neck giant
Zizhongosaurus
Say it like this: “DZUH-JUNG-o-SAWR-us”
Zizhongosaurus chuanchengensis
Zizhongosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Aalenian · Bajocian) · roughly 174.7 to 168.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1983 · Dong, Z.; Zhou, S.; Zhang, H.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 8.4 m · 28 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Sauropoda
The story in short
The genus Zizhongosaurus dates to 1983, the year Z. Dong and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Middle Jurassic (Aalenian · Bajocian), roughly 174.7 to 168.2 million years ago. Finds come from China. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Zizhongosaurus at a length near 8.4 m.
On the family tree it sits in Sauropoda, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aepisaurus
Aepisaurus elephantinus
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Amygdalodon
Amygdalodon patagonicus
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian · Toarcian) · roughly 192.9 to 174.7 million years ago
Archaeodontosaurus
Archaeodontosaurus descouensi
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago