Datousaurus

Datousaurus; Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:	†Sauropoda
Family:	†Mamenchisauridae
Genus:	†Datousaurus; Dong & Tang, 1984
Species:	†D. bashanensis
Binomial name
	†Datousaurus bashanensis; Dong & Tang, 1984

Datousaurus (meaning "chieftain lizard" or "big-head lizard"; originally named using the Malay datu, after its Chinese nickname qiulong - literally "chieftain dragon" - but also a pun on its big head; da tou means "big head" in Chinese)^[1] was a dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. It was a sauropod collected from the Lower Shaximiao Formation in Dashanpu, Zigong Sichuan province, China. It shared the local Middle Jurassic landscape with other sauropods such as Shunosaurus, Omeisaurus, Protognathosaurus, the ornithopod Xiaosaurus, the early stegosaur Huayangosaurus as well as the carnivorous Gasosaurus.

^ "The DOL Dinosaur Omnipedia". www.dinosauria.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2005. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

[1] "The DOL Dinosaur Omnipedia". www.dinosauria.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2005. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

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