Lishulong
| Lishulong Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Massopoda |
| Clade: | †Sauropodiformes |
| Genus: | †Lishulong |
| Species: | †L. wangi
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| †Lishulong wangi Zhang et al., 2024
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Lishulong (meaning "chestnut tree dragon") is a genus of sauropodiform dinosaur from the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian–Toarcian) Lufeng Formation of China. The type and only species is Lishulong wangi.[1]
Discovery and naming
[edit]The holotype specimen, LFGT-ZLJ0011, includes a cranium, mandible, and nine cervical vertebrae. It was discovered in Jiudu Village in Konglongshan Town (formerly named Chuanjie Township), Lufeng County, Yunnan Province, China, in sediments belonging to the Shawan Member of the Lufeng Formation. This locality is close to where the fossils of the coelophysoid theropod Panguraptor were discovered.[2]
The sauropodomorph remains were described as belonging to a new genus and species of dinosaur in 2024. The generic name, Lishulong, combines the Mandarin Chinese words 栗樹 (lìshù)—meaning "chestnut tree"—after the name of the type locality, with 龍 (lóng), meaning "dragon". The specific name, wangi, honors Zheng-Ju Wang for his contribution to vertebrate paleontology in Lufeng.[1]
Classification
[edit]Zhang et al. (2024) included Lishulong in a phylogenetic analysis and found it to be a sauropodiform sister to Yunnanosaurus.[1]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Zhang, Q.; Jia, L.; Wang, T.; Zhang, Y.; You, H. (2024). "The largest sauropodomorph skull from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of China". PeerJ. 12. e18629. doi:10.7717/peerj.18629.
- ^ Hai-Lu You; Yoichi Azuma; Tao Wang; Ya-Ming Wang; Zhi-Ming Dong (2014). "The first well-preserved coelophysoid theropod dinosaur from Asia". Zootaxa. 3873 (3): 233–249. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3873.3.3. PMID 25544219.
