Chuanjiesaurus
Chuanjiesaurus was a giant, long-necked plant-eater that lived in China during the Middle Jurassic. It was one of the biggest dinosaurs of its time, with a very long neck and a huge body.1
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Chuanjiesaurus lived about 168 million years ago, during the Middle Jurassic.1
It was a mamenchisaurid, a group of sauropods known for their extremely long necks.3
The first fossils were found in a quarry at Lufeng World Dinosaur Valley.2
Scientists think Chuanjiesaurus was about 25 meters (82 feet) long, as long as two school buses.1
The name comes from the village of Chuanjie, where the bones were dug up.1
Some bones that were first thought to belong to Chuanjiesaurus were later given a new name: Analong chuanjieensis.2
Most asked questions about Chuanjiesaurus
?How long was Chuanjiesaurus?
About 25 metres (82 feet), which is longer than two school buses.1
?What did Chuanjiesaurus eat?
It was a plant-eater, eating leaves and other plants with its long neck.1
?When did Chuanjiesaurus live?
It lived about 168 million years ago, during the Middle Jurassic Period.1
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- Scientific name
- Chuanjiesaurus
- Named by
- Fang et al. 20003
- Group
- Long-necks
- Family / clade
- Mamenchisauridae3
- Classification
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda3
- Age of the rocks
- 171 to 168 million years (Bajocian)3
- Rock formations
- Chuanjie3
- Countries
- China3
- Fossil records
- 1 in the Paleobiology Database3
- Discovery
- Chuanjiesaurus was named in 2000 by Fang and colleagues, based on fossils found near Chuanjie Village in Yunnan, China.1
- Still debated
- Scientists are still debating exactly how many different species of mamenchisaurids lived in the same area, because some fossils may belong to different dinosaurs.2
Where the facts come from
- Chuanjiesaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- A revision of the referred specimen of Chuanjiesaurus anaensis Fang et al., 2000: a new early branching mamenchisaurid sauropod from the Middle Jurassic of China (ivpp.cas.cn)
- Chuanjiesaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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