Qiaowanlong
chee-OW-wahn-LONG /tʃiˌaʊwɑnˈlɒŋ/
Accepted genus
Qiaowan dragon
- Qiaowan · Chinese (place name) · Qiaowan, the fossil locality in Gansu, China
- long · Chinese · dragon
Qiaowanlong is a long-necked sauropod from northwestern China. The name combines Qiaowan, the locality in Gansu Province where the fossil was found, with the Chinese word for "dragon". It means "dragon from Qiaowan".
- Named by
- You and Li
- Year named
- 2009
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Stage
- Aptian
- Found in
- Gansu Province, China
Valid sauropod genus. It is usually treated as a brachiosaurid or other basal titanosauriform. The type species is Qiaowanlong kangxii.