Genus
Valid Extinct

Omeisaurus

Young 1939

Omeisaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Middle to Late Jurassic Period of what is now China. Its name comes from Mount Emei, where it was discovered in the lower Shaximiao Formation of Sichuan Province.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
13
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Omeisaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Mamenchisauridae Unranked clade
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Omeisaurus Genus
Fossil sites 13 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
13
Geological formations
Shaximiao
10
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
3
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
6
Bathonian (168.2–165.3 Ma)
1
Bajocian (170.9–168.2 Ma)
1
Species (8)
Omeisaurus changshouensis 168 Ma
Omeisaurus fuxiensis 168 Ma
Omeisaurus jiaoi 171 Ma
Omeisaurus junghsiensis 171 Ma
Omeisaurus luoquanensis 162 Ma
Omeisaurus maoianus 155 Ma
Omeisaurus puxiani 168 Ma
Omeisaurus tianfuensis 171 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
C.-C. Young. 1939. On a new Sauropoda, with notes on other fragmentary reptiles from Szechuan. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 19(3):279-315 DOI ↗
Bibliography (11)
B. Hao, Q. Zhang, and G. Peng, Y. Ye. 2022. Discovery of a New Middle Jurassic Dinosaur Site in Sichuan, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 96(1):52-60 DOI ↗
C. Tan, M. Xiao, and H. Dai, X.-F. Hu, N. Li, Q.-Y. Ma, Z.-Y. Wei, H.-D. Yu, C. Xiong, G.-Z. Peng, S. Jiang, X.-X. Ren, H.-L. You. 2020. A new species of Omeisaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Yunyang, Chongqing, China. Historical Biology DOI ↗
S. Jiang, F. Li, and G.-Z. Peng, Y. Ye. 2011. [A new species of Omeisaurus from the Middle Jurassic of Zigong, Sichuan]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49(2):185-194
F. Tang, X.-S. Jin, and X.-M. Kang, G.-J. Zhang. 2001. Omeisaurus maoianus: a complete Sauropoda from Jingyan, Sichuan DOI ↗
V. Martin-Rolland. 1999. Les sauropodes chinois [The Chinese sauropods]. Revue Paléobiologie, Genève 18(1):287-315
X. He, K. Li, and K. Cai. 1988. The Middle Jurassic dinosaur fauna from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan. Vol. IV. Sauropod dinosaurs (2). Omeisaurus tianfuensis. Sichuan Publishing House of Science and Technology
X. He, K. Li, and K. Cai, Y. Gao. 1984. [Omeisaurus tianfuensis—a new species of Omeisaurus from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan]. Journal of Chengdu College of Geology 1984(suppl. 2):13-32
Z. Dong, S. Zhou, and H. Zhang. 1983. [Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan]. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 162(23):1-136
C.-C. Young. 1958. New sauropods from China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2(1):1-28
C.-C. Young. 1942. Fossil vertebrates from Kuangyuan, N. Szechuan, China. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 22(-34):293-309 DOI ↗
C.-C. Young. 1939. On a new Sauropoda, with notes on other fragmentary reptiles from Szechuan. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 19(3):279-315 DOI ↗