In Depth
Yimenosaurus is one of the more popular sauropodomorph dinosaurs thanks to the large number of fossils from several individuals that make up the genus. At the time of writing the only uncertainty concerning Yimenosaurus are the limbs, which have a distinct lack of representation. Yimenosaurus is also known to have easily attained sizes of up to nine meters long, with some estimates hinting at a slightly larger size than this, which easily make Yimenosaurus one of the largest sauropodomorph dinosaurs that we have discovered thus far.
Yimenosaurus lived in China at the beginning of the Jurassic period, and already the future quadrupedal body form of the later sauropod dinosaurs which will be descended from sauropodomorphs is already apparent.
Further Reading
- A new genus of prosauropod from the Yuxi (region) of Yunnan Province [Yunnan Yuxi yuanxijiao lei yi xin shu]. - Yuxi Cultural Organization - Z. bai, J. Yang & G. Wang - 1990.
