Dinosauria›Saurischia
Shunosaurus Shunosaurus lii Dong et al. 1983
/ʃˌʌnəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Middle Jurassic (Oxfordian) · 174.7–154.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Regions
Sichuan · Chongqing
Formation
Shaximiao
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
Overview
Shunosaurus lii is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Middle Jurassic, roughly 174.7–154.8 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Sichuan, China. It was named by Dong et al. 1983. The species is represented by 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~15%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Shunosaurus lii sits in deep time
Shunosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Shunosaurus lii'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.