Mamenchisauridae

Mamenchisauridae
Temporal range: Possible Albian record
Mounted skeleton of Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis
Mounted skeleton of Omeisaurus tianfuensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Eusauropoda
Family: Mamenchisauridae
Young and Zhao, 1972
Genera
Synonyms
  • Omeisauridae Wilson, 2002

Mamenchisauridae is a family of sauropod dinosaurs belonging to the Eusauropoda known from the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Asia and Africa. Mamenchisaurids are characterized by their proportionately extremely long necks. Some members of the group reached gigantic sizes, amongst the largest of all sauropods.