Anhuilong

Extinct genus of dinosaurs

Anhuilong
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 174–162 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Family: Mamenchisauridae
Genus: Anhuilong
Ren et al., 2020
Type species
Anhuilong diboensis
Ren et al, 2020

Anhuilong (meaning "Anhui dragon") is a genus of mamenchisaurid dinosaur known from the Hongqin Formation of Anhui province, China. The genus contains a single species, Anhuilong diboensis.[1]

Discovery and naming

Speculative life restoration.

Anhuilong is known from the holotype AGB 5822, a forelimb consisting of a left humerus, ulna, and radius. It is distinguished by the following combination of features: low ratios of the average of the greatest widths of the proximal end, mid-shaft and distal end of the humerus/length of the humerus, total length of ulna to humerus and total length of radius to humerus; the lateral edge of the deltopectoral crest directs caudolaterally, the lateral accessory condyle on the craniodistal edge of humerus is more robust than the medial one, and the cross-sectional shape of the ulna at mid-shaft is elliptical with highest ratio of transverse to craniocaudal diameter among mamenchisaurids.[1]

Phylogeny

Ren et al. (2020)[nb 1] recovered Anhuilong as the sister taxon of Huangshanlong, with the closest relative of this clade being Omeisaurus tianfuensis. The results of their phylogenetic analysis are shown in the cladogram below:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Ren, Xin-Xin; Huang, Jian-Dong; You, Hai-Lu (2020-05-27). "The second mamenchisaurid dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Eastern China". Historical Biology. 32 (5): 602–610. doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1515935. ISSN 0891-2963.

Notes

  1. ^ Although the name first appeared online in 2018, it was only validly published in 2020.
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