Zuolong Zuolong
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Zuolong 3 m (9.8 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 3 m (9.8 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (163–145 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Zuolong (International Phonetic Alphabet|) is an extinct genus of tetanuran theropod from the Late Jurassic period of China. The type and only species is Z. salleei. The generic name of Zuolong is in honor of General Zuo Zōngtáng (also known as “General Tso”) with the Chinese word “long” which means dragon. The specific epithet “salleei” is in honor of Hilmar Sallee, who funded the expedition which led to the specimen’s discovery.
What we know
- Named by Choiniere et al., 2010.
- Body length estimated at about 3 m.
- Fossils found in China.