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Jingshanosaurus Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis Zhang and Yang 1995
/dʒˌɪŋʃɐnəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Hettangian) · 201.4–199.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Yunnan
Formation
Lufeng
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–199.5 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from Yunnan, China. It was named by Zhang and Yang 1995. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis sits in deep time
Jingshanosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis'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.