Lishulong wangi
"chestnut tree dragon"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Lishulong 13 m (43 ft) long
as long as 8 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 13 m (43 ft)
- Period
- Early Jurassic (201–174 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Lishulong (Traditional Chinese: 栗樹龍 Simplified Chinese : 栗树龙 Pinyin : Lìshùlóng meaning “chestnut tree dragon”) is a genus of sauropodiform dinosaur from the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian–Toarcian) Lufeng Formation of China. The type and only species is Lishulong wangi.
What we know
- Named by Zhang et al., 2024.
- Body length estimated at about 13 m.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Lishulong — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.