Genus
Valid Extinct

Datousaurus

Dong and Tang 1984

Datousaurus is a sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Lower Shaximiao Formation in Sichuan province, China. It shared the local Middle Jurassic landscape with other sauropods such as Shunosaurus, Omeisaurus, and Protognathosaurus, the neornithischian Xiaosaurus, and the early stegosaur Huayangosaurus as well as the carnivorous Gasosaurus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Datousaurus
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Datousaurus. Fossil in Shanghai Science & Technology Museum © Finblanco · Public domain · 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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Datousaurus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Shaximiao
2
Temporal distribution
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
1
Bathonian (168.2–165.3 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Datousaurus bashanensis 171 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
Z. Dong and Z. Tang. 1984. [Note on a new Mid-Jurassic sauropod (Datousaurus bashanensis gen. et sp. nov.) from Sichuan Basin, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22(1):69-75
Bibliography (2)
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 ↗
Z. Dong and Z. Tang. 1984. [Note on a new Mid-Jurassic sauropod (Datousaurus bashanensis gen. et sp. nov.) from Sichuan Basin, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22(1):69-75