Genus
Valid Extinct

Tienshanosaurus

Young 1937

Tienshanosaurus is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of what is now China. Only one species is known, Tienshanosaurus chitaiensis, which was named and described in 1937.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Tienshanosaurus
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Holotype scapula of Tienshanosaurus chitaiensis on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China. © Jonathan Chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Tienshanosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
10 m ⓘ
Tienshanosaurus chitaiensis
Mass
3 300 kg ⓘ
Tienshanosaurus chitaiensis
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
3
Geological formations
Shishugou
3
Temporal distribution
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
3
Species (1)
Tienshanosaurus chitaiensis nomen dubium, species not entered Tienshanosaurus 162 Ma
Synonyms (1)
Tienshanosaurus chitaiensis nomen dubium, species not entered Tienshanosaurus
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
C.-C. Young. 1937. A new dinosaurian from Sinkiang. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C, Whole Series No. 132 213:1-29
Bibliography (3)
Z. Dong. 1990. Sauropoda from the Kelamaili region of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 28(1):43-58
C.-C. Young. 1958. New sauropods from China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2(1):1-28
C.-C. Young. 1937. A new dinosaurian from Sinkiang. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C, Whole Series No. 132 213:1-29