Qijianglong
Field photograph to come
Qijianglong
DV-0932 · type species Qijianglong guokr
- Lived
- 162 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xing et al. 2015
Field notes
About Qijianglong
Qijianglong was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 162 to 143 million years ago. It belongs to the family Mamenchisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Qijianglong, from China. Its fossils come from the Suining Formation. It was named by Xing et al. in 2015.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
150 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: L. Xing, T. Miyashita, and J. Zhang, D. Li, Y. Te, T. Sekiya, F. Wang, P. J. Currie. 2015. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China and the diversity, distribution, and relationships of mamenchisaurids. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(1):e889701:1-17