Shunosaurus
Shunosaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur with a long neck and a secret weapon on its tail. It lived in what is now China during the Late Jurassic period, about 161 to 157 million years ago. This dinosaur was one of the most common animals in its home, making up 90% of the fossils found there.1
E phetse neng?
E ne e le kgolo hakae?
E ne e le telele hakae?
E ne e phahame hakae?
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E ne e le boima hakae?
telele jwaloka dikoloi tse 2.5 tse pakilweng ka mola๐telele jwaloka dibanana tse 61 di behilwe ka mola
boima jwaloka dintja tse 150๐boima jwaloka mahapu a 600๐boima jwaloka ditlelase tse feletseng tse 4 tsa bana ba sekolo๐ปโโ๏ธboima jwaloka dibere tse tshweu tse 7๐e ne e ka matha dimitara tse 100 ka metsotswana e 16 (motho ya lebelo ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)Shunosaurus e ne e le kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?
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Shunosaurus had a very short neck for a sauropod, similar to some other dinosaurs called dicraeosaurids.1
Its tail ended in a club with two spikes made of bone, each about 5 centimetres (2 inches) long. It probably used this club to fight off predators.1
Scientists know a lot about Shunosaurus because many complete skeletons, skulls, and even babies have been found. About 94% of all its bones have been identified.1
Shunosaurus was first discovered in 1977 by a group of students practicing fossil digging at a road bank in Dashanpu, Sichuan.1
Its teeth were strong and long, with crowns up to 8 centimetres (3.1 inches) long. They had a unique shape: a cylindrical body with a spoon-shaped tip.1
Shunosaurus lived alongside other dinosaurs like the sauropods Datousaurus and Omeisaurus, the early stegosaur Huayangosaurus, and the meat-eating theropod Gasosaurus.1

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Shunosaurus
?How big was Shunosaurus?
Shunosaurus was about 9.5 metres long and weighed around 3 tonnes.1
?What did Shunosaurus eat?
Shunosaurus was a plant-eater (herbivore). It had strong, spoon-shaped teeth and swallowed stones called gastroliths to help grind up tough plants.13
?Did Shunosaurus have a tail club?
Yes, Shunosaurus had a bony club at the end of its tail with two spikes about 5 centimetres long. It probably used it to defend itself from predators.1
?When did Shunosaurus live?
Shunosaurus lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 161 to 157 million years ago.1
?Where was Shunosaurus found?
Shunosaurus fossils were found in Sichuan Province, China, mostly at a place called Dashanpu Quarry.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure
- Lebitso la saense
- Shunosaurus
- E rehilwe ke
- Dong et al. 19835
- Sehlopha
- Melala e melelele
- Lelapa / leloko
- Eusauropoda5
- Tlhophiso
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda5
- Dilemo tsa mafika
- dilemo tse dimilione tse 175 ho isa ho 155 (Aalenian / Oxfordian)5
- Dibopeho tsa mafika
- Shaximiao5
- Dinaha
- Tjhaena5
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 5 ho The Paleobiology Database5
- Ho sibollwa
- The first Shunosaurus fossil was found in 1977 by students in Sichuan, China. It was named Shunosaurus lii in 1983 by Dong Zhiming, Zhou Shiwu, and Zhang Yihong. The species name honors Li Bing, an ancient governor of Sichuan.1
- E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
- Scientists are not sure how old the rocks that contain Shunosaurus are. They were once thought to be Middle Jurassic, but newer studies suggest they might be Late Jurassic, about 159 million years old.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Shunosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan (naturalhistory.si.edu)
- Dinosaurs - Shunosaurus lii - The Australian Museum (australian.museum)
- Shunosaurus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
- Shunosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.
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