Analong
| Analong | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Family: | †Mamenchisauridae |
| Genus: | †Analong Ren et al. 2020 |
| Type species | |
| †Analong chuanjieensis Ren et al. 2020
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Analong (meaning "Ana dragon") is a genus of
sauropod dinosaur from the Chuanjie Formation in Yunnan, China. The type and only species is Analong chuanjieensis.[1]
Discovery and naming
The
Yunnan Province where the holotype was found.[1]
Classification
In a
phylogenetic analysis, Analong was found by its describers to be the earliest diverging mamenchisaurid. Their resulting phylogenetic tree of Mamenchisauridae is reproduced below.[1]
| Mamenchisauridae |
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References
- ^ S2CID 216283529.
- ^ Sekiya, T. (2011). "Re-examination of Chuanjiesaurus anaensis (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Middle Jurassic Chuanjie Formation, Lufeng County, Yunnan Province, southwest China" (PDF). Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. 10: 1–54.
