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early long-neck
Wudingloong
Say it like this: “woo-ding-long”
Wudingloong wui
Wudingloong ate plants and walked on two 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
- 2025 · Wang, Y. M.; Zhang, Q. N.; Wang, Y. C.; Xu, H.; Chen, J.; Feng, Z.; Xu, X.; Wang, T.; You, H. L.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Yubacun
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Massopoda
The story in short
The genus Wudingloong dates to 2025, the year Y. M. Wang and colleagues described it.
It lived in the Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian), roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Yubacun Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Wudingloong 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 Massopoda, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Ignavusaurus
Ignavusaurus rachelis
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Kholumolumo
Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum
Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
Sarahsaurus
Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 199.5 to 184.2 million years ago