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Datousaurus
Herbivore
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There is no write-up for this dinosaur yet, but the scientific data below is complete.
Who lived alongside it
Dinosaurs found in the same rock formation as Datousaurus (Shaximiao), so they lived in the same region at roughly the same time.
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Jurassic
Shunosaurus
Jurassic
Chungkingosaurus
Jurassic
Yandusaurus
Jurassic
Abrosaurus
Jurassic
Agilisaurus
Jurassic
Bashanosaurus
Jurassic
Chuandongocoelurus
Jurassic
Formation data from the Paleobiology Database, counting only each genus's main formations. One formation can span hundreds of thousands to millions of years, so this doesn't mean any two of them ever met.
Scientific details
- Classification
- Sauropodomorph (long-necked)
- Family
- Unknown
- When it lived
- 154.8–174.7 million years ago
- Geologic stages
- Aalenian – Oxfordian
- Named by
- Dong and Tang, 1984
- Fossil occurrences
- 2 sites
Countries with fossils
- China
Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata