Full reference: Z. Dong and Z. Tang. 1984. [Note on a new Mid-Jurassic sauropod (Datousaurus bashanensis gen. et sp. nov.) from Sichuan Basin, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22(1):69-75
Parent taxon: Eusauropoda according to T. Sekiya 2011
See also Dong 1992, Dong 1997, Dong 1998, Dong and Tang 1984, Li et al. 2011, Li et al. 2010, Martin-Rolland 1999, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1997, Moser et al. 2006, Peng et al. 2005, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch et al. 2004, Wilson 2002 and Zhang and Chen 1996
Sister taxa: Algoasaurus, Algoasaurus bauri, Bagualia, Bothriospondylus madagascariensis, Cardiodon, Cetiosauridae, Cetiosauriscus, Dystrophaeus, Ferganasaurus, Haestasaurus, Janenschia, Jobaria, Lapparentosaurus, Mamenchisauridae, Nebulasaurus, Neosauropoda, Ornithopsis leedsi, Ornithopsis leedsii, Perijasaurus, Rhoetosaurus, Shunosaurus, Turiasauria
Subtaxa: Datousaurus bashanensis
Type: Datousaurus bashanensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.