Jingshanosaurus
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the stegosaur of a similar name, see Yingshanosaurus. For the Early Cretaceous–age sauropod, see Jiangshanosaurus.
Jingshanosaurus (meaning "Jingshan lizard") is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the early Jurassic period 201.3 million years ago that went extinct 199.3 million years ago in the Hettangian Age.
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Jingshanosaurus | |
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Skeleton of Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis at the Miami Science Museum. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropodiformes |
Genus: | †Jingshanosaurus Zhang and Yang, 1995 |
Type species | |
†Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis Zhang and Yang, 1995 |
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Its maximum weight was around 4.3 t with an adult femur length of 845 mm.[1] Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis grew to be 5 meters (16.4 ft) long.[2]