[D] Omeisaurus tianfuensis [Su]
Describer
He, Li, Cai & Gao, 1984
Time
Jurassic Middle Bathonian Callovian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Cetiosauridae Shunosaurinae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Xiashaximiao Formation, Sichuan, China
Fall Under
Omeisaurus
Info
Skull
Omeisaurus > Omeisaurus junghsiensis (Young, 1939) = Zigongosaurus fuxiensis (Hou, Chao & Chu, 1976)
Omeisaurus > Omeisaurus changshouensis (Young, 1958) > Omeisaurus fuxiensis (Dong, Zhou & Zhang, 1983) > Omeisaurus tianfuensis (He, Li, Cai & Gao, 1984) > Omeisaurus luoquanensis (Li, 1988) > Omeisaurus maoianus (Tang, Jin, Kang & Zhang, 2001) > Omeisaurus jiaoi > (Jiang, Liu, F., Peng & Ye 2011)
Introduced in a paper by He, Cai, Li, and Gao in 1984, Omeisaurus tianfuensis is known from deveral incomplete skeletons that have been assembled into a complete individual.The composite skeleton is 20-meter-long. Several skulls in various degrees of preservation are known, but unfortunately none has been found articulated with a neck.
He, li and Cai authors of a new (1988) Omeisaurus tianfuensis monograph, however, are confident that they have associated the skulls with the proper skeletons. Almost ten meters long and comprising the usual 17 vertebrae, the neck of Omeisaurus tianfuensis is second only that of Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis in size.
He, Li, Cai & Gao, 1984
Time
Jurassic Middle Bathonian Callovian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Cetiosauridae Shunosaurinae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Xiashaximiao Formation, Sichuan, China
Fall Under
Omeisaurus
Info
Skull
Omeisaurus > Omeisaurus junghsiensis (Young, 1939) = Zigongosaurus fuxiensis (Hou, Chao & Chu, 1976)
Omeisaurus > Omeisaurus changshouensis (Young, 1958) > Omeisaurus fuxiensis (Dong, Zhou & Zhang, 1983) > Omeisaurus tianfuensis (He, Li, Cai & Gao, 1984) > Omeisaurus luoquanensis (Li, 1988) > Omeisaurus maoianus (Tang, Jin, Kang & Zhang, 2001) > Omeisaurus jiaoi > (Jiang, Liu, F., Peng & Ye 2011)
Introduced in a paper by He, Cai, Li, and Gao in 1984, Omeisaurus tianfuensis is known from deveral incomplete skeletons that have been assembled into a complete individual.The composite skeleton is 20-meter-long. Several skulls in various degrees of preservation are known, but unfortunately none has been found articulated with a neck.
He, li and Cai authors of a new (1988) Omeisaurus tianfuensis monograph, however, are confident that they have associated the skulls with the proper skeletons. Almost ten meters long and comprising the usual 17 vertebrae, the neck of Omeisaurus tianfuensis is second only that of Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis in size.