Huangshanlong

Field photograph to come

DV-0892Hongqin Fm., China

Huangshanlong

DV-0892

Lived
175 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
Found in
China
Named by
Huang et al. 2014

Field notes

About Huangshanlong

Huangshanlong 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 Huangshanlong, from China. Its fossils come from the Hongqin Formation. It was named by Huang et al. in 2014.

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: J.-D. Huang, H.-L. You, and J.-T. Yang, X.-X. Ren. 2014. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Huangshan, Anhui Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52(4):390-400