Yuzhoulong
| Yuzhoulong Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, ~
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Life restoration
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Genus: | †Yuzhoulong Dai et al., 2022 |
| Type species | |
| †Yuzhoulong qurenensis Dai et al., 2022
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Yuzhoulong (meaning "
sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation of Chongqing, China. The type and only species is Yuzhoulong qurenensis.[1]
Discovery and naming
After the discovery of a new quarry from the
Pu'an town in Yunyang County in Chongqing. It was named as a distinct genus and species by Dai et al. in 2022. The generic name, "Yuzhoulong", honors "Yuzhou", the ancient name of Chongqing, while the specific name, "qurenensis", is derived from Quren, the ancient name of Yunyang.[1]
Description
Yuzhoulong is only known from a partial skeleton, including a partial skull, of an immature subadult individual. It was partially buried in the rock at the time of its description, mixed in with the fossils of another, unnamed sauropod.[1]
Classification
In 2022, Dai et al. added Yuzhoulong to a number of different
neosauropods in this age. The cladogram below displays the results of one of their phylogenetic analyses.[1]
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References
- ^ PMID 36340515.