Dinosauria › Saurischia
Yunnanosaurus
Yunnanosaurus huangi Young 1940
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · 201.4–192.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Yunnanosaurus huangi 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 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~24%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Yunnanosaurus sits in deep time
Yunnanosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Yunnanosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.