Genus
Valid Extinct

Qiaowanlong

You and Li 2009
Etymology Dragon de Qiaowan (une relique culturelle située près du site où fut découvert l’animal).

Qiaowanlong is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur. Fossils belonging to the genus were found in the Yujinzi Basin of what is today Gansu Province, China. The remains come from a geological formation called the Xiagou Formation in the Xinminpu Group, dating to the late Aptian Stage of the Early Cretaceous.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Qiaowanlong
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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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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Euhelopodidae Unranked clade
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Qiaowanlong Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Xiagou
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Qiaowanlong kangxii 121 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
H.-L. You and D.-Q. Li. 2009. The first well-preserved Early Cretaceous brachiosaurid dinosaur in Asia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276(1675):4077-4082 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
H.-L. You and D.-Q. Li. 2009. The first well-preserved Early Cretaceous brachiosaurid dinosaur in Asia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276(1675):4077-4082 DOI ↗