Shunosaurus

Say it SHOON-oh-SORE-us. The name means ‘Shuno lizard’.

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

Length: 10 m
Diet: Plant-eater
When: Mid Jurassic170 to 160 million years ago
Fossils found in: China
Named by: Dong, Zhou and Zhang (1983)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Sauropoda › Eusauropoda

Where Shunosaurus 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
Yuanmousaurus · same country
Agilisaurus · same country
Omeisaurus · same country
Sinraptor · same country

Other sauropods

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

Source: Shunosaurus 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.