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early long-neck
Lishulong
Say it like this: “lih-SHOO-long”
Lishulong wangi
Lishulong ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2024 · Zhang, Q. N.; Jia, L.; Wang, T.; Zhang, Y. G.; You, H. L.
- Hip height
- 2.3 m · 8 ft
- Length
- 13 m · 43 ft
- Weight
- 2.9 tonnes
- Found in
- China · Lufeng
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Sauropodiformes
The story in short
In 2024, Q. N. Zhang and colleagues published the name Lishulong. The name means “chestnut tree.”
It lived in the Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian), roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Lufeng Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Lishulong at a length near 13 m, hips about 2.3 m high, and a body mass around 2.9 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Sauropodiformes, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aardonyx
Aardonyx celestae
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Anchisaurus
Anchisaurus polyzelus
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Blikanasaurus
Blikanasaurus cromptoni
Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian) · roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago