Xingxiulong

Field photograph to come

DV-1003Lufeng Fm., China

Xingxiulong

DV-1003

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

2 finds

190 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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)