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Euhelopodidae

Qiaowanlong kangxii

"Qiaowan dragon"

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Qiaowanlong 12 m (39 ft) long
as long as 7 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Qiaowanlong
Length
12 m (39 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
Place
Asia · China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Euhelopodidae

Qiaowanlong (meaning “Qiaowan dragon”) 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.

What we know

  • Named by You & Li, 2009.
  • Body length estimated at about 12 m.
  • Fossils found in Asia and China.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Qiaowanlong — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.