Genus
Valid Extinct

Zuolong

Choiniere et al. 2010
Etymology Dragon de Zuo (en l’honneur du Général Zuo Zongtang qui conquit une partie du Xinjiang à l’époque de la dynastie Qing, et du chinois ''long'' signifiant dragon).

Zuolong is an extinct genus of tetanuran theropod from the Late Jurassic period of China. The type and only species is Z. salleei. The generic name of Zuolong is in honor of General Zuo Zōngtáng with the Chinese word "long" which means dragon. The specific epithet "salleei" is in honor of Hilmar Sallee, who funded the expedition which led to the specimen's discovery.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Zuolong
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Skeletal diagram of Zuolong salleei, based on related basal coelurosaurs. Scale bar = 1 meter. Light colours indicate known material (white is known external bones, light grey is either palate, braincase, or sacrum). Dark colours indicate unknown material (partial bones or unknown braincase) © IJReid · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Zuolong Genus
Measurements
Length
3,35 m ⓘ
Zuolong salleei 
Mass
43 kg ⓘ
Zuolong salleei 
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Shishugou
1
Temporal distribution
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Zuolong salleei 162 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. N. Choiniere, J. M. Clark, and C. A. Forster, X. Xu. 2010. A basal coelurosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) of the Shishugou Formation in Wucaiwan, People's Republic of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(6):1773-1796 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. N. Choiniere, J. M. Clark, and C. A. Forster, X. Xu. 2010. A basal coelurosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) of the Shishugou Formation in Wucaiwan, People's Republic of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(6):1773-1796 DOI ↗