Fulengia

Say it like this: “foo-LEN-jee-uh”

Fulengia youngi

Fulengia ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.

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When: Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · roughly 199.5 to 192.9 million years ago
Named in: 1977 · Carroll, R. L.; Galton, P. M.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 6.2 m · 20 ft
Weight: 600 kg · 1,323 lb
Found in: China · Lufeng
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two legs
Kind: early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
Family branch: Massospondylidae

The story in short

Fulengia was formally named in 1977 by R. L. Carroll and P. M. Galton. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

It lived in the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian), roughly 199.5 to 192.9 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Lufeng Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Fulengia at a length near 6.2 m and a body mass around 600 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Massospondylidae, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.

Close relatives

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Adeopapposaurus mognai

Early Jurassic (Hettangian–Toarcian) · roughly 201.4 to 174.7 million years ago

Coloradisaurus

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Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago

Glacialisaurus

Glacialisaurus hammeri

Early Jurassic (Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 199.5 to 184.2 million years ago