Genus
Valid Extinct

Chungkingosaurus

Dong et al. 1983

Chungkingosaurus is a genus of stegosaurian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Upper Shaximiao Formation in what is now China. The type species is Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Chungkingosaurus
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Skeleton of Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum © laikayiu · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Chungkingosaurus
Chungkingosaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Prionodontia Unranked clade
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Genasauria Unranked clade
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Thyreophora Unranked clade
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Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
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Eurypoda Unranked clade
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Stegosauria Unranked clade
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Stegosauridae Family
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Chungkingosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
3,7 m ⓘ
Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis
4 m ⓘ
Mass
400 kg ⓘ
Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
4
Geological formations
Shaximiao
4
Temporal distribution
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
4
Species (3)
Chungkingosaurus giganticus subjective synonym of Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis 168 Ma
Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis 168 Ma
Chungkingosaurus magnus subjective synonym of Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis 168 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
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
Bibliography (3)
R. E. Ulansky. 2015. Chungkingosaurus [Chungkingosaurus]. Dinologia
R. E. Ulansky. 2014. Evolyutsiya ctegozavrov (Dinosauria; Ornithischia) [Evolution of the stegosaurs (Dinosauria; Ornithischia)]. Dinologia
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