Xingxiulong
Field photograph to come
Xingxiulong
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- Lived
- 201 to 175 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Group
- Early sauropodomorphs
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Wang et al. 2017
Field notes
About Xingxiulong
Xingxiulong was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 175 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Xingxiulong, from China. Its fossils come from the Lufeng Formation. It was named by Wang et al. in 2017.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
190 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Sauropodiformes.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Y. M. Wang, H. L. You, and T. Wang. 2017. A new basal sauropodiform dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Yunnan Province, China. Scientific Reports 7(41881)