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Silhouette of Lufengosaurus

Lufengosaurus

Lufengosaurus huenei (Young 1940)

Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · 201.4–192.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Lufengosaurus huenei is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–192.9 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. It was named by (Young 1940). The species is represented by 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~38%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Lufengosaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Lufengosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Lufengosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Sinosaurus
Sinosaurus triassicus
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predator–prey
Megapnosaurus
Megapnosaurus rhodesiensis
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predator–prey
Sarcosaurus
Sarcosaurus woodi
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coexisted–with
Scelidosaurus
Scelidosaurus harrisonii
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coexisted–with
Lesothosaurus
Lesothosaurus diagnosticus
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same–clade
Thecodontosaurus
Thecodontosaurus minimus
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same–clade
Xixiposaurus
Xixiposaurus suni
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same–clade
Arcusaurus
Arcusaurus pereirabdalorum
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