Anhuilong
Field photograph to come
Anhuilong
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- Lived
- 175 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Ren et al. 2018
Field notes
About Anhuilong
Anhuilong was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 175 to 162 million years ago. It belongs to the family Mamenchisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Anhuilong, from China. Its fossils come from the Hongqin Formation. It was named by Ren et al. in 2018.
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, J.-D. Huang, and H.-L. You. 2018. The second mamenchisaurid dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Eastern China. Historical Biology