Wudingloong
Sign in to saveWudingloong is an extinct genus of massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaurs known from the Early Jurassic Yubacun Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Wudingloong wui, known from a partial skeleton including the skull.
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- Wudingloong
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- Early Jurassic
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Wudingloong is an extinct genus of massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaurs known from the Early Jurassic Yubacun Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Wudingloong wui, known from a partial skeleton including the skull.
== Discovery and naming == At some point following September 2020, an assemblage of dinosaur fossils was discovered near Wande Town in Wuding County of Yunnan Province, China. The fossil assemblage represents outcrops of the Yubacun Formation. The Wudingloong holotype specimen, LFGT-YW002, was the first dinosaur skeleton to be prepared from the locality. The specimen consists of a damaged skull and mandible, a complete series of ten , the first seven , some dorsal , the right , and the right forelimb including most of the .
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