Jinchuanloong niedu
"Jinchuan dragon"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Jinchuanloong 10 m (33 ft) long
as long as 6 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 10 m (33 ft)
- Period
- Middle Jurassic (174–163 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Jinchuanloong (meaning “Jinchuan dragon”) is an extinct genus of eusauropod sauropod dinosaurs from the Middle Jurassic Xinhe Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Jinchuanloong niedu, known from a partial skeleton including a nearly complete skull.
What we know
- Named by Li et al., 2025.
- Body length estimated at about 10 m.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Jinchuanloong — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.