Genus
Valid Extinct

Zuoyunlong

Wang et al. 2017

Zuoyunlong is an extinct genus of herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur belonging to the Hadrosauroidea that lived during the Late Cretaceous in the area of present China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Zuoyunlong
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Restoration of Zuoyunlong huangi from the Late Cretaceous of China © Miracusaurs · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
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Styracosterna Unranked clade
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Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade
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Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade
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Zuoyunlong Genus
Measurements
Length
7,5 m ⓘ
Zuoyunlong huangi
Mass
2 400 kg ⓘ
Zuoyunlong huangi
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Zhumapu
1
Temporal distribution
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Zuoyunlong huangi 101 Ma
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
R.-F. Wang, H.-L. You, and S.-Z. Wang, S.-C. Xu, J. Yi, L.-J. Xie, L. Jia, H. Xing. 2017. A second hadrosauroid dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous of Zuoyun, Shanxi Province, China. Historical Biology 29(1):17-24 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R.-F. Wang, H.-L. You, and S.-Z. Wang, S.-C. Xu, J. Yi, L.-J. Xie, L. Jia, H. Xing. 2017. A second hadrosauroid dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous of Zuoyun, Shanxi Province, China. Historical Biology 29(1):17-24 DOI ↗