Named By: | Zhao in 1985 |
Time Period: | Early Jurassic |
Location: | China, Yunnan Province - Lufeng Formation |
Size: | Uncertain |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial post cranial remains including pelvis, hind limb and vertebrae |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropoda | |
Kunmingosaurus is a primitive sauropod which lived during the Early Jurassic. Its fossils were found in Yunnan Province, China in 1954. The type and only species is Kunmingosaurus wudingensis, coined by Dong in 1992. It is known from fossils found in the Fengjiahe Formation (or the Lower Lufeng Series), including pelvic, hind limb, and vertebral material.