Lingwulong
Name:
Lingwulong
(Lingwu dragon).
Phonetic: Ling-wu-long.
Named By: Xing Xu, Paul Upchurch, Philip D.
Mannion,
Paul M. Barrett, Omar R. Regalado-Fernandez, Jinyou Mo,
Jinfu Ma & Hongan Liu - 2018.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Dicraeosauridae.
Species: L. shenqi (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Roughly 19 to 20 meters long.
Known locations: China - Yanan Formation.
Time period: Toarcian to Bajocian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of at least
seven individuals (possibly more).
Lingwulong
is
a genus of dicraeosaurid sauropod
dinosaur that lived in Asia during
the Jurassic. At the time of writing, Lingwulong
is known from the
remains of several individuals representing differing growth stages.
Further reading
- A new Middle Jurassic
diplodocoid suggests an earlier dispersal and diversification of
sauropod dinosaurs. - Nature Communications. 9 (1). -
Xing Xu, Paul Upchurch, Philip D. Mannion, Paul M. Barrett,
Omar R. Regalado-Fernandez, Jinyou Mo, Jinfu Ma &
Hongan
Liu - 2018.
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