Dinosaurs · Prosauropod

Jingshanosaurus

Say it jing-shahn-oh-sore-us. The name means ‘Jingshan lizard’.

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

Length: 5 m
Diet: Plant-eater
When: Early Jurassic205 to 190 million years ago
Fossils found in: China
Named by: Zhang and Yang (1995)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Prosauropoda › Plateosauria

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

Prosauropods. Early long-necked plant-eaters, relatives of the sauropods. See all 16

Lived at the same time

Other prosauropods

Yunnanosaurus Early Jurassic
Massospondylus Early Jurassic
Aardonyx Early Jurassic
Lufengosaurus Early Jurassic
Plateosaurus Late Triassic
Ammosaurus Early Jurassic
Yimenosaurus Early Jurassic
Anchisaurus Early Jurassic

Source: Jingshanosaurus 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.