Very HardShunosaurus
Shunosaurus lii
SHOO-no-SORE-us· “Shu (Sichuan) lizard”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Jurassic🌿 herbivore🦴 Sauropoda
9.5 m
Length
3 m
Height
3 t
Weight
A mid-sized Jurassic sauropod from China with an unusually short neck and — remarkably — a small bony club on the tip of its tail, a rare weapon among the long-necks.
When
Middle Jurassic, ~170 million years ago
Found in
China
Discovered
Dong Zhiming, 1983
Did you know?
- One of very few sauropods with a bony tail club for defence.
- Had a notably short neck for a sauropod.
- Known from dozens of skeletons unearthed in Sichuan, China.
Artwork: Smokeybjb / Paleocolour, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.