Outline: a typical sauropod
Qijianglong
"Qijiang dragon"
Type species Qijianglong guokr
- Lived
- 162 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xing et al. 2015
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
150 million years ago
Field notes
About Qijianglong
What it was like
Qijianglong was a long-necked, four-legged plant eater, a relative of Mamenchisaurus. Its neck was very long, about half of its body length, and the bones of its neck fit together in a way that let it move up and down more easily than from side to side.
Its world
It lived in what is now southwestern China. Its bones come from the Suining Formation, whose age is debated, either Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous.
How it was found
Xing and colleagues named Qijianglong in 2015. It was found by workers on a building site, and its skull and neck were still joined together.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Mamenchisauridae
- OmeisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- BellusaurusLate Jurassic
- XinjiangtitanMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- AbrosaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- TongnanlongLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- UragasaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Zigongosaurussauropod
Sources: WikidataNamed in: L. Xing, T. Miyashita, and J. Zhang, D. Li, Y. Te, T. Sekiya, F. Wang, P. J. Currie. 2015. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China and the diversity, distribution, and relationships of mamenchisaurids. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(1):e889701:1-17