Analong

Field photograph to come

DV-1130Chuanjie Fm., China

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

1 find

170 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Mamenchisauridae.

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