Jinchuanloong
Field photograph to come
Jinchuanloong
DV-1279 · type species Jinchuanloong niedu
- Lived
- 168 to 165 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Li et al. 2025
Field notes
About Jinchuanloong
Jinchuanloong was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 168 to 165 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Jinchuanloong, from China. Its fossils come from the Xinhe Formation. It was named by Li et al. in 2025.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Eusauropoda.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: N. Li, X. Zhang, and X. Ren, D. Li, H. You. 2025. A new eusauropod (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) from the Middle Jurassic of Gansu, China. Scientific Reports 15(1):17936