Yuzhoulong
Field photograph to come
Yuzhoulong
DV-1197 · type species Yuzhoulong qurenensis
- Lived
- 168 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Dai et al. 2022
Field notes
About Yuzhoulong
Yuzhoulong was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 168 to 162 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Yuzhoulong, from China. Its fossils come from the Shaximiao Formation. It was named by Dai et al. in 2022.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Macronaria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. Dai, C. Tan, and C. Xiong, Q. Ma, N. Li, H. Yu, Z. Wei, P. Wang, J. Yi, G. Wei, H. You, X. Ren. 2022. New macronarian from the Middle Jurassic of Chongqing, China: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications for neosauropod dinosaur evolution. Royal Society Open Science 9:220794