Huangshanlong

Huangshanlong
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Family: Mamenchisauridae
Genus: Huangshanlong
Huang et al., 2014
Type species
Huangshanlong anhuiensis
Huang et al, 2014

Huangshanlong is a genus of mamenchisaurid dinosaurs native to the Anhui province of China. It contains a single species, Huangshanlong anhuiensis. H. anhuiensis represents, along with Wannanosaurus, one of only two dinosaurs known from Anhui. The only specimen consists of a partial forelimb discovered in 2002 during the construction of the Huihang highway.[1]

References

  1. Jian-Dong Huang; Hai-Lu You; Jing-Tao Yang; Xin-Xin Ren (2014). "A new sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Huangshan, Anhui Province" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 52 (4): 390–400.
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