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early long-neck
Qianlong
Say it like this: “chee-an-long”
Qianlong shouhu
Qianlong ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · roughly 199.5 to 192.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2024 · Han, F.; Yu, Y.; Zhang, S.; Zeng, R.; Wang, X.; Cai, H.; Wu, T.; Wen, Y.; Cai, S.; Li, C.; Wu, R.; Zhao, Q.; Xu, X.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Ziliujing
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Sauropodiformes
The story in short
In 2024, F. Han and colleagues published the name Qianlong. The name means “guizhou dragon.”
It lived in the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian), roughly 199.5 to 192.9 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Ziliujing Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Qianlong 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 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