GONGSHUILONG
a saurolophine hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China.
Pronunciation: GONG-shway-long
Meaning: Gongshui Dragon
Author/s: Yao
et al. (
2026)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Jiangxi Province, China
Acta Ordinal: #1206
Gongshuilong fanwei
ZooBank registry:
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:221FCD08-59F6-4637-9BC5-D50EB904EE2C.
Preparators
Lishi Xiang, Beijing Wubo Technology Co. Ltd. and Chongzhou Tianyan Museum.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Age range: 72-66 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
References
• Yao H, Qiu W, Yu J, Yang L, Wang H, Cao S, Zhao K, Xu M, Shi G, Lou F, Zeng C, Lu P, Wu R, Xu X, Han F and Xing H (2026) "A new saurolophine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of South China, providing further support for the possible Asian origin of Brachylophosaurini".
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 24(1): 2635569. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2026.2635569.
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