Yanbeilong
Field photograph to come
Yanbeilong
DV-1262
- Lived
- 113 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Stegosaurs, Stegosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Jia et al. 2024
Field notes
About Yanbeilong
Yanbeilong was a plant-eating stegosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Stegosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Yanbeilong, from China. Its fossils come from the Zuoyun Formation. It was named by Jia et al. in 2024.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
105 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Stegosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. Jia, N. Li, and L. Dong, J. Shi, Z. Kang, S. Wang, S. Xu, H. You. 2024. A new stegosaur from the late Early Cretaceous of Zuoyun, Shanxi Province, China. Historical Biology