YANBEILONG
a late-surviving plated stegosaurian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China.
Pronunciation:
Meaning: Yanbei dragon
Author/s: Jia
et al. (
2024)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Shanxi Province, China
Discovery Chart Position: #1114
Yanbeilong ultimus
(Last Yanbei Dragon)Etymology
Yanbeilong is derived from the Chinese "Yanbei" ("North of Yanmen Pass"—the general area of the fossil site) and "long" (dragon).
The
species epithet,
ultimus, means "last" in Latin, referring to
Yanbeilong being a late-surviving member of the stegosaur lineage.
Discovery
The remains of
Yanbeilong were discovered in the Zuoyun Formation near Madaotou Township, Zuoyun County of the prefecture city of Datong, Shanxi Province, China, in 2011.
The
holotype (SXMG V 00006) is a partial pelvis (the sacrum, both ilia, left ischium and right pubis), seven back vertebrae, and a tail vertebra.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Albian
Age range: 110-100 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
References
• Jia L, Li N, Dong L, Shi J, Kang Z, Wang S, Xu S and You H (2024) "A new stegosaur from the late Early Cretaceous of Zuoyun, Shanxi Province, China".
Historical Biology, (advance online publication). DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2024.2308214.
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