Zuolong
ZWOH-long /ˈzwoʊlɒŋ/
Accepted genus
Zuo's dragon
- Zuo · Chinese (personal name) · after Zuo Zongtang, a Qing dynasty general associated with Xinjiang
- long · Chinese · dragon
The name combines "Zuo" with the Chinese word for dragon. "Zuo" honours Zuo Zongtang (General Tso), a Qing dynasty general who campaigned in Xinjiang, where the fossil was found. The type species is Zuolong salleei.
- Named by
- Choiniere et al.
- Year named
- 2010
- Period
- Late Jurassic
- Stage
- Oxfordian
- Found in
- Shishugou Formation, Xinjiang, China
A small, early-diverging coelurosaurian theropod known from a single skeleton. It is valid and is often cited as a basal coelurosaur from the Late Jurassic of China.