Lingwulong

Lingwu dragon

• Lingwu · Chinese · Lingwu, the city in Ningxia, China, near where the fossils were found
• long · Chinese · dragon

The name combines Lingwu, the city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, near the fossil site, with the Chinese word "long" meaning dragon. It therefore means "Lingwu dragon". The species name L. shenqi means "miraculous" in Chinese, referring to the surprising discovery of an early neosauropod-type diplodocoid.

Named by

Xu et al.

Year named

2018

Period

Middle Jurassic

Stages

Aalenian – Bajocian

Found in

Yanan Formation, Lingwu, Ningxia, China

A sauropod, a diplodocoid (neosauropod) whose Middle Jurassic age pushed back the known origin of this group. The exact stage range is approximate and the age of the Yanan Formation has been debated.