Zuoyunlong

Zuoyun dragon

• Zuoyun · Chinese (place name) · Zuoyun County, Shanxi Province, China
• long · Chinese · dragon

The name combines Zuoyun, the county in Shanxi Province, China, where the fossils were found, with the Chinese word "long", meaning dragon. It means "Zuoyun dragon" and follows the usual convention for Chinese dinosaur names.

Named by

Wang et al.

Found in

Zuoyun County, Shanxi Province, China

I recall this as a sauropod dinosaur from Shanxi, China, with the type species Zuoyunlong huangi. I am not sure of the exact publication year, age or classification, so I have left those fields blank.