Lishulong
Field photograph to come
Lishulong
DV-1248 · type species Lishulong wangi
- Lived
- 200 to 175 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Group
- Early sauropodomorphs
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Zhang et al. 2024
Field notes
About Lishulong
Lishulong was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 200 to 175 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Lishulong, from China. Its fossils come from the Lufeng Formation. It was named by Zhang et al. in 2024.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
185 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Sauropodiformes.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Q. Zhang, L. Jia, and T. Wang, Y. Zhang, H. You. 2024. The largest sauropodomorph skull from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of China. PeerJ 12(4443):e18629