Anchisauria Asia Dinosauria Eusaurischia Eusauropoda Gravisauria Late Jurassic Mamenchisauridae Massopoda Plateosauria Saurischia Sauropoda Sauropodiformes Sauropodomorpha

Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum

Dinosaur: Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum

Jurassic: 154.8–145 Ma

Type: Sauropod

*Length:**	24 m	78.7 ft
*Weight:**	18 tons	39,683 lb

ESR: 2 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Area: Asia

Period

Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian
Years: 154.8–145 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Dong
Year: 1997

Distribution

Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Xinjiang
Formation: Kalazha

Classification

Dinosauria
Saurischia
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Plateosauria
Massopoda
Sauropodiformes
Anchisauria
Sauropoda
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Mamenchisauridae

Sources

Material: Posterior cervical vertebra.
References: Upchurch P, Mannion PD, Xu X, Barrett PM (2021). "Re-assessment of the Late Jurassic eusauropod dinosaur Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum Dong, 1997, from the Turpan Basin, China, and the evolution of hyper-robust antebrachia in sauropods".

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