In Depth
Qijianglong is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in China during the late Jurassic. At the time of writing the genus is only known from a single juvenile, yet this juvenile is already fifteen meters long. It is uncertain how big Qijianglong could grow, but at fifteen meters just for a juvenile, larger adults may have approached or even exceeded twenty meters. As a mamenchisaurid sauropod, Qijianglong would have had a proportionately long neck.
Further Reading
- A new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China and the diversity, distribution, and relationships of mamenchisaurids. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. - L. Xing, T. Miyashita, J. Zhang, D. Li, Y, Ye, T, Sekiya, F. Wang & P. Currie - 2015.
