Mamenchisaurus (name meaning "Mamenchi Lizard") is a sauropod dinosaur genus including several species, known for their remarkably long necks which made up half the total body length. It is known from numerous species which ranged in time from 160 to 145 million years ago, from the Oxfordian age of late Jurassic Period in China.
In the Series 4 episode "New Arrivals", a herd of Mamenchisaurus were brought to the park from Late Jurassic China, 150 million years ago. They reside in the Sauropod Savannah Enclosure with many of their other fellow sauropod relatives.
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The species was named after the Mamen Creek in China where it was discovered.