Yunmenglong

Yunmeng dragon

• Yunmeng · Chinese · place name associated with the discovery area in Henan
• long · Chinese · dragon

The name combines "Yunmeng", a place name tied to the area in Henan Province where the fossils were found, with the Chinese word "long", meaning dragon. It was given to a large long-necked sauropod known from partial skeletal remains, with the type species Yunmenglong ruyangensis named for Ruyang County.

Named by

Lü et al.

Year named

2013

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Haoling Formation, Ruyang County, Henan Province, China

A titanosauriform sauropod. The exact meaning of "Yunmeng" and the precise stage of the fossils are not given here because I am not certain of them.