Analong
Field photograph to come
Analong
DV-1130 · type species Analong chuanjieensis
- Lived
- 171 to 168 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Ren et al. 2021
Field notes
About Analong
Analong was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 171 to 168 million years ago. It belongs to the family Mamenchisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Analong, from China. Its fossils come from the Chuanjie Formation. It was named by Ren et al. in 2021.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
170 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Mamenchisauridae.
- MamenchisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- OmeisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- BellusaurusLate Jurassic
- XinjiangtitanMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- AbrosaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- TongnanlongLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- UragasaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Zigongosaurussauropod
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X.-X. Ren, T. Sekiya, and T. Wang, Z.-W. Yang, H.-L. You. 2021. A revision of the referred specimen of Chuanjiesaurus anaensis Fang et al., 2000: a new early branching mamenchisaurid sauropod from the Middle Jurassic of China. Historical Biology 33(9):1872-1887