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long-neck giant
Qijianglong
Say it like this: “chee-jee-yahn-long”
Qijianglong guokr
Qijianglong ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Jurassic
- Named in
- 2015 · Xing, L.; Miyashita, T.; Zhang, J.; Li, D.; Ye, Y.; Sekiya, T.; Wang, F.; Currie, P. J.
- Hip height
- 3.1 m · 10 ft
- Length
- 13.2 m · 43 ft
- Weight
- 5.2 tonnes
- Found in
- China · Suining
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Mamenchisauridae
The story in short
Qijianglong was formally named in 2015 by L. Xing and colleagues. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Jurassic, within an age that is only broadly constrained. Finds come from China, including the Suining Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Qijianglong at a length near 13.2 m, hips about 3.1 m high, and a body mass around 5.2 tonnes.
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
Anhuilong
Anhuilong diboensis
Middle Jurassic (Aalenian–Callovian) · roughly 174.7 to 161.5 million years ago
Chuanjiesaurus
Chuanjiesaurus anaensis
Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) · roughly 170.9 to 168.2 million years ago