Genus
Valid Extinct

Yunganglong

Wang et al. 2013

Yunganglong is an extinct genus of basal hadrosauroid dinosaur known from the early Late Cretaceous lower Zhumapu Formation of Zuoyun County, Shanxi Province of northeastern China. It contains a single species, Yunganglong datongensis.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Yunganglong
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Photos of caudodorsal part of the skull of Yunganglong datongensis (SXMG V 00001). (A)-Right lateral view. (B)-Dorsal view. (C)-Caudal view. Scale bar = 10 cm. © Run-Fu Wang, Hai-Lu You, Shi-Chao Xu, Suo-Zhu Wang, Jian Yi, Li-Juan Xie, Lei Jia, Ya-Xian Li · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
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Styracosterna Unranked clade
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Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade
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Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade
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Yunganglong Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Zhumapu
1
Temporal distribution
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Yunganglong datongensis 101 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R.-F. Wang, H.-L. You, and S.-C. Xu, S.-Z. Wang, J. Yi, L.-J. Xie, L. Jia, Y.-X. Li. 2013. A new hadrosauroid dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous of Shanxi Province, China. PLoS ONE 8(10):e77058:1-12 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R.-F. Wang, H.-L. You, and S.-C. Xu, S.-Z. Wang, J. Yi, L.-J. Xie, L. Jia, Y.-X. Li. 2013. A new hadrosauroid dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous of Shanxi Province, China. PLoS ONE 8(10):e77058:1-12 DOI ↗