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Dinosaur: Yuzhoulong qurenensis

Length*: | 9.5 m | 31.2 ft |
Weight*: | 3 t | 6,614 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Bathonian-Callovian
Years: 168.2–161.5 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Dai et al.
Year: 2022
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Chongqing
Formation: Lower Shaximiao
Locations
Sources
Material: Incomplete skull and partial skeleton.
References: Dai H, Tan C, Xiong C, Ma Q, Li N, Yu H, Wei Z, Wang P, Yi J, Wei G, You H, Ren X (2022). "New macronarian from the Middle Jurassic of Chongqing, China: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications for neosauropod dinosaur evolution".