Named Huashanosaurus qini, the new dinosaur species is estimated to have been around 12 m (39 feet) long.

It lived in what is now China’s Guangxi autonomous region from the Early to Middle Jurassic, 200 to 162 million years ago.

“Jurassic sauropods are well represented in China, especially in Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing and Xinjiang, with only a few localities known in Gansu, Ningxia, Anhui, Tibet and Guizhou,” said lead author Dr. Jinyou Mo from the Natural History Museum of Guangxi and colleagues.