Datousaurus

Say it dah-too-SORE-us. The name means ‘Datou lizard’.

Datousaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of sauropods

Length: 15 m
Diet: Plant-eater
When: Mid Jurassicabout 170 million years ago
Fossils found in: China
Named by: Dong and Tang (1984)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Sauropoda

Where Datousaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Sauropods. Long-necked, four-legged plant-eaters, the biggest animals ever to walk on land. See all 59

Lived at the same time

Bellusaurus · same country
Gasosaurus · same country
Huayangosaurus · same country
Monolophosaurus · same country
Shunosaurus · same country
Yuanmousaurus · same country
Amygdalodon
Barapasaurus

Other sauropods

Cetiosaurus Mid Jurassic
Shunosaurus Mid Jurassic
Lapparentosaurus Mid Jurassic
Omeisaurus Mid Jurassic
Cetiosauriscus Mid Jurassic
Patagosaurus Mid Jurassic
Amygdalodon Mid Jurassic
Rhoetosaurus Mid Jurassic

Source: Datousaurus 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.