Yantaloong

Yantaloong is an extinct genus of eusauropod dinosaur known from the Middle Jurassic Zhanghe Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Yantaloong lini, known from six presacral vertebrae. Phylogenetic analyses place Yantaloong as a close relative of Jobaria and Lapparentosaurus. In one analysis version, these taxa were placed as the sister taxon to a clade of 'traditional turiasaurs', forming a broader Turiasauria than recognized previously. If it is a turiasaur, it would be the first one known from East Asia.

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