Mamenchisaurus Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum Russell and Zheng 1994
/məˌmʌntʃiˈsɔːrəs/
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) · 161.5–159 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Xinjiang
Formation
Shishugou
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 161.5–159.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Xinjiang, China. It was named by Russell and Zheng 1994. 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 Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum sits in deep time
Mamenchisaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum'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.