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Gongxianosaurus Gongxianosaurus shibeiensis He et al. 1998
/ɡˌɔŋksiənəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · 184.2–174.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Sichuan
Formation
Ziliujing
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Gongxianosaurus shibeiensis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 184.2–174.7 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from Sichuan, China. It was named by He et al. 1998. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Gongxianosaurus shibeiensis sits in deep time
Gongxianosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Gongxianosaurus shibeiensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.