Huangshanlong
Huangshanlong Temporal range: Middle Jurassic | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Family: | †Mamenchisauridae |
Genus: | †Huangshanlong Huang et al., 2014 |
Type species | |
†Huangshanlong anhuiensis Huang et al, 2014 |
Huangshanlong is a genus of mamenchisaurid dinosaurs native to the Anhui province of China. It contains a single species, Huangshanlong anhuiensis. H. anhuiensis represents, along with Wannanosaurus, one of only two dinosaurs known from Anhui. The only specimen consists of a partial forelimb discovered in 2002 during the construction of the Huihang highway.[1]
References
- ↑ Jian-Dong Huang; Hai-Lu You; Jing-Tao Yang; Xin-Xin Ren (2014). "A new sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Huangshan, Anhui Province" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 52 (4): 390–400.
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