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long-neck giant
Anhuilong
Say it like this: “ahn-HWAY-long”
Anhuilong diboensis
Anhuilong ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Aalenian–Callovian) · roughly 174.7 to 161.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2020 · Ren, X. X.; Huang, J. D.; You, H. L.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Hongqin
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Mamenchisauridae
The story in short
In 2020, X. X. Ren and colleagues published the name Anhuilong. The name means “anhui dragon.”
It lived in the Middle Jurassic (Aalenian–Callovian), roughly 174.7 to 161.5 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Hongqin Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Anhuilong are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Mamenchisauridae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Analong
Analong chuanjieensis
Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) · roughly 170.9 to 168.2 million years ago
Chuanjiesaurus
Chuanjiesaurus anaensis
Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) · roughly 170.9 to 168.2 million years ago
Eomamenchisaurus
Eomamenchisaurus yuanmouensis
Middle Jurassic (Aalenian · Bajocian · Bathonian) · roughly 174.7 to 165.3 million years ago