Genre
Valide Éteint

Wudingloong

Wang et al. 2025

Wudingloong is an extinct genus of massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaurs known from the Early Jurassic Yubacun Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Wudingloong wui, known from a partial skeleton including the skull.

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
1
Groupe
Dinosaures
Terrestre
Wudingloong
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Wudingloong is the earliest diverging, and oldest sauropodomorph dinosaur known from East Asia. Typical of basal sauropodomorphs, or "prosauropods," it was a bipedal herbivore with a long neck. Wudingloong was a fairly small prosauropod at approximately 4 m in length, and weighing around 400 kg. © TotalDino · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
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Saurischia Clade non classé
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Sauropodomorpha Clade non classé
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Massopoda Clade non classé
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Wudingloong Genre
Sites de découverte 1 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇨🇳 Chine
1
Formations géologiques
Yubacun
1
Distribution temporelle
Sinémurien (199.5–192.9 Ma)
1
Espèces (1)
Wudingloong wui 201 Ma
Images 1
Bibliographie
Description originale
Y. Wang, Q. Zhang, and Y. Wang, H. Xu, J. Chen, Z. Feng, X. Xu, T. Wang, H. You. 2025. A new Early Jurassic dinosaur represents the earliest-diverging and oldest sauropodomorph of East Asia. Scientific Reports 15:26749 DOI ↗
Bibliographie (1)
Y. Wang, Q. Zhang, and Y. Wang, H. Xu, J. Chen, Z. Feng, X. Xu, T. Wang, H. You. 2025. A new Early Jurassic dinosaur represents the earliest-diverging and oldest sauropodomorph of East Asia. Scientific Reports 15:26749 DOI ↗