Jurassic
Yunnanosaurus
Yunnanosaurus huangi
The catalogue presents Yunnanosaurus as a herbivore member of Yunnanosauridae that lived during the Jurassic, between 196 Ma. Its estimated range is 7.0 m in length and 500 kg 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 Yunnanosaurus, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Young (1940).
The PBDB places it in Sauropodiformes, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Yunnanosauridae.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Yunnanosauridae
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range runs from the Hettangian to the Pliensbachian.
The PBDB catalogues 7 occurrences, with material from the Lufeng Formation (7). Provenance: China.
The catalogue records the holotype as IVPP V 20 and the type locality as “Yunnan, China”.
- IVPP V 20
- Yunnan, China
The catalogue's reference measurements are 7.0 m in length and 500 kg in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 7.0 m
- 500 kg
The record gathers 32 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
- 7.0 m
- Weight
- 500 kg
- Period
- Jurassic
- Time range
- 196 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 1942
- Described by
- C.C. Young
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Saurischia
- Family
- Yunnanosauridae
- Genus
- Yunnanosaurus
- Species
- Y. huangi
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
- IVPP V 20
- Type locality
- Yunnan, China