Xuwulong
| Xuwulong Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
| |
|---|---|
| |
| Restored skeleton | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
| Superfamily: | †Hadrosauroidea |
| Genus: | †Xuwulong You, Li & Liu, 2011 |
| Species: | †X. yueluni
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Xuwulong yueluni You, Li & Liu, 2011
| |
Restoration
Xuwulong is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period. It lived during the early Cretaceous period (Aptian-Albian age) in what is now in the Jiuquan area, Gansu Province of northwestern China. It is known from the holotype – GSGM F00001, an articulated specimen including a complete cranium, almost complete axial skeleton, and complete left pelvic girdle from . Xuwulong was named by You Hailu, Li Daqing and Liu Weichang in 2011 and the type species is Xuwulong yueluni; the binomial name as a whole refers to Professor Wang Yue-lun; "Xu-wu" is his courtesy name.[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ You Hailu, Li Daqing and Liu Weichang (2011). "A New Hadrosauriform Dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, China". Acta Geologica Sinica. 85 (1): 51–57. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2011.00377.x.
 | This article related to ornithopod dinosaurs is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
Categories:
- Early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia
- Iguanodonts
- Fossil taxa described in 2011
- Paleontology in Gansu
- Ornithischian genera
- Ornithopod stubs