Lishulong
Lishulong was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in China during the Early Jurassic. It had the biggest skull of any early sauropodomorph found in the Lufeng Formation, about 40 centimeters (16 inches) long.1
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Lishulong's skull is the largest sauropodomorph skull from the Lufeng Formation, measuring 40 centimeters (16 inches) long.1
The neck bones of Lishulong are very long; the axis vertebra is 16.3 centimeters (6.4 inches) long, and the tenth cervical vertebra is 19.9 centimeters (7.8 inches) long.1
Lishulong lived during the Early Jurassic, about 199.5 to 174.7 million years ago.5
It is an early-diverging member of the Sauropodiformes, closely related to Yunnanosaurus.2
The fossil was discovered in 2007 near Jiudu Village, close to where the theropod Panguraptor was found.1
Lishulong is known from a partial skeleton including the skull, lower jaw, and nine neck vertebrae.1
Most asked questions about Lishulong
?How big was Lishulong?
It was about 8 meters (26 feet) long, based on estimates from the fossil remains.4
?What did Lishulong eat?
It was a plant-eater, like other sauropodomorph dinosaurs.1
?When did Lishulong live?
It lived during the Early Jurassic, about 199.5 to 174.7 million years ago.1
?Where was Lishulong found?
It was discovered in 2007 near Jiudu Village in Yunnan Province, China.1
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- Scientific name
- Lishulong
- Named by
- Zhang et al. 20245
- Group
- Long-necks
- Family / clade
- Sauropodiformes5
- Classification
- Sauropodomorpha5
- Age of the rocks
- 200 to 175 million years (Sinemurian / Toarcian)5
- Rock formations
- Lufeng5
- Countries
- China5
- Fossil records
- 1 in the Paleobiology Database5
- Discovery
- Lishulong was named in 2024 by Zhang and colleagues. The species name wangi honors Wang Zheng-Ju, a discoverer of Lufengpithecus.1
- Still debated
- Scientists are still debating the exact relationships of Lishulong to other early sauropodiforms.2
Where the facts come from
- Lishulong (en.wikipedia.org)
- The largest sauropodomorph skull from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of China (dinosaurier-info.de)
- Lishulong wangi | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
- New genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur identified in China's Yunnan-Xinhua (english.news.cn)
- Lishulong in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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