Dinosauria›Saurischia
Yunnanosaurus Yunnanosaurus robustus Young 1951
/juːˌnænoʊˈsɔːrəs/
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · 199.5–192.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Yunnan
Formation
Lufeng
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
Overview
Yunnanosaurus robustus is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 199.5–192.9 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from Yunnan, China. It was named by Young 1951. The species is represented by 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~18%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Yunnanosaurus robustus sits in deep time
Yunnanosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Yunnanosaurus robustus'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.