Genus
Valid Extinct

Yanbeilong

Jia et al. 2024

Yanbeilong is an extinct genus of stegosaurian dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Zuoyun Formation of Shanxi, China. The genus contains a single species, Yanbeilong ultimus, known from a single partial skeleton including several vertebrae and the pelvic girdle. It is one of the youngest known stegosaurs, alongside Mongolostegus from Mongolia and unnamed stegosaurine remains from the Hekou Group of China, both of which date to the Aptian–Albian ages.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Yanbeilong
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Prionodontia Unranked clade
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Genasauria Unranked clade
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Thyreophora Unranked clade
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Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
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Eurypoda Unranked clade
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Stegosauria Unranked clade
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Stegosauridae Family
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Neostegosauria Unranked clade
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Stegosaurinae Subfamily
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Yanbeilong Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Zuoyun
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Yanbeilong ultimus 113 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
L. Jia, N. Li, and L. Dong, J. Shi, Z. Kang, S. Wang, S. Xu, H. You. 2024. A new stegosaur from the late Early Cretaceous of Zuoyun, Shanxi Province, China. Historical Biology DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
L. Jia, N. Li, and L. Dong, J. Shi, Z. Kang, S. Wang, S. Xu, H. You. 2024. A new stegosaur from the late Early Cretaceous of Zuoyun, Shanxi Province, China. Historical Biology DOI ↗