Shunosaurus: The Club Tailed Sauropod Dinosaur

Shunosaurus was a small sauropod dinosaur from Middle and Late Jurassic China. It is notable for possessing a small club at the end of its tail, which like the clubs of the ankylosaurids, was used to ward off attacking theropods. Numerous Shunosaurus skeletons have been found, many of them complete, so despite being one of the strangest sauropods, it is also one of the best understood.

Thank you to the themattalorian for narrating this video.


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00:00 - Introduction
00:34 - Discovery
02:37 - Size
04:06 - Tail Club
07:22 - Relationships
09:43 - Skull
12:42 - Age and Paleogeography
13:58 - Conclusion
14:34 - Outro