Describer

Anonymus, 1986

Time

Jurassic Early

Classification

Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Cetiosauridae Shunosaurinae Nomen Nudem

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

Ziliujing Formation, Sichuan Basin, Sichuan, China

Fall Under

Shunosaurus lii

Length

9 meter

Info

Not yet described

Shunosaurus lii (Dong, Zhou & Zhang, 1983) > Shunosaurus ziliujingensis (Anonymus, 1986)

A small guidebook pamphlet published anonymously by the Zigong Museum mentions a mounted subadult specimen of Shunosaurus ziliujingensis on display. No further reference are known. The specimen may be from the Lower Jurassic Ziliujing Formation of the Sichuan Basin, which would make Shunosaurus ziliujingensis a somewhat older species of Shunosaurus than Shunosaurus lii.

S. ziliujingensis is more lightly constructed and its teeth are somewhat longer. The cuttingedge of these teeth is serrated indicating that they were probably able to cut their food more effectively while eating. Its tooth structure indicates that Shunosaurus ziliujingensis is one of the omnivorous members in the Genus Shunosaurus.

Distinguished from Shunosaurus lii by distinctive serrations on the teeth and other minor anatomical details. Zhang?, 1995