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long-neck giant
Yantaloong
Say it like this: “YAN-tah-loong”
Yantaloong lini
Yantaloong ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Aalenian · Bajocian · Bathonian) · roughly 174.7 to 165.3 million years ago
- Named in
- 2026 · Zhang, X. Q.; Wang, Y. M.; Wang, Z. J.; Wang, Y. C.; Wang, T.; Wang, G. F.; Zou, Y.; Dong, Q. X.; Su, X.; Jiang, H.; Wang, Y. J.; You, H. L.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Zhanghe
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Eusauropoda
The story in short
The genus Yantaloong dates to 2026, the year X. Q. Zhang and colleagues described it.
Fossils referred to Yantaloong date to the Middle Jurassic (Aalenian · Bajocian · Bathonian), roughly 174.7 to 165.3 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Zhanghe Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Yantaloong 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 Eusauropoda, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Algoasaurus
Algoasaurus bauri
Early Cretaceous (Berriasian · Valanginian) · roughly 143.1 to 132.6 million years ago
Atlasaurus
Atlasaurus imelakei
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
Bagualia
Bagualia alba
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · roughly 184.2 to 174.7 million years ago