Genus
Valid Extinct

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.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Wudingloong Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Yubacun
1
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Wudingloong wui 201 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
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 ↗
Bibliography (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 ↗