Dinosauria › Saurischia
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Yimenosaurus
Yimenosaurus youngi Bai et al. 1990
Early Jurassic (Hettangian) · 201.4–199.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Yimenosaurus youngi is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–199.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Bai et al. 1990. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Yimenosaurus sits in deep time
Yimenosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Yimenosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.