Genus
Valid Extinct

Lishulong

Zhang et al. 2024

Lishulong is a genus of sauropodiform dinosaur from the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian–Toarcian) Lufeng Formation of China. The type and only species is Lishulong wangi.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Lishulong
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Photograph (A) and interpretative line drawing (B) of the cranium of Lishulong wangi in right lateral view. Abbreviations: an, angular; ar, articular; d, dentary; h, hyoid; ic, intercoronoid; j, jugal; l, lacrimal; ls, laterosphenoid; m, maxilla; n, nasal; par, prearticular; pm, premaxilla; po, postorbital; pop, paraoccipital process; pt, pterygoid; q, quadrate; qj, quadratojugal; sa, surangular; sp, splenial. Dark grey fills represent the external mandibular fenestra and dashed lines represent fracture. (Photo credit: Wei Gao). © Q.-N. Zhang, L. Jia, T. Wang, Y.-G. Zhang, H.-L. You · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Lishulong Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Lufeng
1
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Lishulong wangi 200 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
Q. Zhang, L. Jia, and T. Wang, Y. Zhang, H. You. 2024. The largest sauropodomorph skull from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of China. PeerJ 12(4443):e18629 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
Q. Zhang, L. Jia, and T. Wang, Y. Zhang, H. You. 2024. The largest sauropodomorph skull from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of China. PeerJ 12(4443):e18629 DOI ↗