Genus
Valid Extinct

Shunosaurus

Dong et al. 1983
Etymology Reptile de Shuo

Shunosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) beds in Sichuan Province in China, from 161 to 157 Million years ago. The name derives from "Shu", an ancient name for the Sichuan province.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Shunosaurus
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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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Shunosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
5
Geological formations
Shaximiao
5
Temporal distribution
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
3
Bathonian (168.2–165.3 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Shunosaurus lii 175 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 (4)
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 ↗
Q. Ma, H. Dai, and C. Tan, N. Li, P. Wang, X. Ren, L. Meng, Q. Zhao, G. Wei, X. Xu, . 2022. New Shunosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) material from the middle Jurassic lower Shaximiao Formation of Yunyang, Chongqing, China. Historical Biology 34(6):1085-1099 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
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