Dinosaurs · Armoured dinosaur
Chungkingosaurus
Say it chung-ching-oh-sore-us. The name means ‘Chongqing lizard’.
- Length
- 4 m
- Diet
- Plant-eater
- When
- Late Jurassic159 to 142 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- China
- Named by
- Dong, Zhou and Zhang (1983)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Thyreophora › Stegosauria › Stegosauridae › Stegosaurinae
Armoured dinosaurs. Plated and armoured plant-eaters, such as Stegosaurus and the ankylosaurs. See all 33
Lived at the same time
- Chinshakiangosaurus · same country
- Sinraptor · same country
- Yingshanosaurus · same country
- Yangchuanosaurus · same country
- Euhelopus · same country
- Mamenchisaurus · same country
- Chaoyangsaurus · same country
- Anchiornis · same country
Other armoured dinosaurs
- Yingshanosaurus Late Jurassic
- Tuojiangosaurus Late Jurassic
- Kentrosaurus Late Jurassic
- Dacentrurus Late Jurassic
- Gargoyleosaurus Late Jurassic
- Hesperosaurus Late Jurassic
- Stegosaurus Late Jurassic
- Spicomellus Mid Jurassic
Source: Chungkingosaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.