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long-neck giant
Yuzhoulong
Say it like this: “yoo-zho-long”
Yuzhoulong qurenensis
Yuzhoulong ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2022 · Dai, H.; Tan, C.; Xiong, C.; Ma, Q.; Li, N.; Yu, H.; Wei, Z.; Wang, P.; Yi, J.; Wei, G.; You, H.; Ren, X.
- Hip height
- 2.2 m · 7 ft
- Length
- 9.5 m · 31 ft
- Weight
- 3 tonnes
- Found in
- China · Shaximiao
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Macronaria
The story in short
The genus Yuzhoulong dates to 2022, the year H. Dai and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Yuzhoulong date to the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian), roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Shaximiao Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Yuzhoulong at a length near 9.5 m, hips about 2.2 m high, and a body mass around 3 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Macronaria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Abrosaurus
Abrosaurus dongpoi
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago
Aragosaurus
Aragosaurus ischiaticus
Late Jurassic · Early Cretaceous (Tithonian · Berriasian) · roughly 149.2 to 137.1 million years ago
Astrodon
Astrodon johnstoni
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago