Xingxiulong

constellation dragon

• xingxiu · Chinese · constellation, star lodge
• long · Chinese · dragon

The name combines the Chinese word "xingxiu", meaning "constellation" or "star lodge", with "long", meaning "dragon". Xingxiulong is an early sauropodomorph, a relative of the long-necked sauropods, from the Lower Lufeng Formation of Yunnan, China. The type species is Xingxiulong chengi.

Named by

Wang et al.

Year named

2017

Period

Early Jurassic

Found in

Lufeng Formation, Lufeng County, Yunnan, China

A basal sauropodomorph (not a true sauropod). I am less certain about the exact reason the authors chose "xingxiu", and about the precise geologic stage, so I left the stage fields empty.