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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