Chuanqilong

Chuanqilong; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous 125–112 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Holotype specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Order:	†Ornithischia
Clade:	†Thyreophora
Suborder:	†Ankylosauria
Family:	†Ankylosauridae
Genus:	†Chuanqilong; Han et al., 2014
Type species
	†Chuanqilong chaoyangensis; Han et al., 2014

Skull and mandible

Chuanqilong (meaning "legendary dragon") is an extinct genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China. It is known from the type species, Chuanqilong chaoyangensis.^[1] It lived during the Aptian stage of early Cretaceous period (125 - 112 mya) and was about 4.5 metres (14 feet 9 inches) long. Its weight is estimated at some 450 kilograms (990 pounds).^[2]

References[]

^ Han, F.; Zheng, W.; Hu, D.; Xu, X.; Barrett, P.M. (2014). "A New Basal Ankylosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning Province, China". PLOS ONE. 9 (8): e104551. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j4551H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104551. PMC 4131922. PMID 25118986.
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[1] Han, F.; Zheng, W.; Hu, D.; Xu, X.; Barrett, P.M. (2014). "A New Basal Ankylosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning Province, China". PLOS ONE. 9 (8): e104551. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j4551H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104551. PMC 4131922. PMID 25118986.

[2] "DinoChecker dinosaur archive".

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