Yuzhoulong

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DV-1197Shaximiao Fm., China

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

1 find

165 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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