Qianlong

DV-1219 · type species Qianlong shouhu

Lived: 200 to 193 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: China
Named by: Han et al. 2023

Field notes

About Qianlong

Qianlong was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 200 to 193 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Qianlong, from China. Its fossils come from the Ziliujing Formation. It was named by Han et al. in 2023.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

195 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropodomorpha.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. Han, Y. Yu, and S. Zhang, R. Zeng, X. Wang, H. Cai, T. Wu, Y. Wen, S. Cai, C. Li, R. Wu, Q. Zhao and X. Xu. 2023. Exceptional early Jurassic fossils with leathery eggs shed light on dinosaur reproductive biology. National Science Review (nwad258)