Jurassic
Jingshanosaurus
Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis
The catalogue presents Jingshanosaurus as a herbivore member of Massospondylidae that lived during the Jurassic, between 201 Ma. Its estimated range is 9.0 m in length and 1.5 t in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Yunnan, China. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Jingshanosaurus, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Zhang and Yang (1995).
The PBDB places it in Sauropodiformes, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Massospondylidae.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Massospondylidae
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range is the Hettangian.
The PBDB catalogues 2 occurrences, with material from the Lufeng Formation (2). Provenance: China.
The catalogue records the holotype as LV 0003 and the type locality as “Yunnan, China”.
- LV 0003
- Yunnan, China
The catalogue's reference measurements are 9.0 m in length and 1.5 t in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 9.0 m
- 1.5 tons
The record gathers 11 bibliographic references registered in the PBDB, listed below.
Where it lived
Fossil occurrences on today’s map and in the tectonic reconstruction.
Positions reconstructed by PBDB/GPlates, not observed; this is not an exact habitat map.
Artistic 3D reconstruction
There is no approved species-specific 3D model yet. Generic anatomy will not be presented as if it were evidence.
Physical Specifications
- Length
- 9.0 m
- Weight
- 1.5 t
- Period
- Jurassic
- Time range
- 201 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 1995
- Described by
- Zhang & Yang
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Saurischia
- Family
- Massospondylidae
- Genus
- Jingshanosaurus
- Species
- J. xinwaensis
Data status
Taxonomic name matched to PBDB and checked on 2026-08-08.
Taxonomic linkage does not automatically validate size, mass, behaviour or appearance.
- Type specimen
- LV 0003
- Type locality
- Yunnan, China