| Qianlong shouhu Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
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| Reconstructed skeletons of an adult and juvenile (not to scale) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Massopoda |
| Clade: | †Sauropodiformes |
| Genus: | †Qianlong |
| Species: | †Q. shouhu
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| Binomial name | |
| †Qianlong shouhu Han et al., 2023
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Qianlong (meaning "Guizhou Province dragon") is an extinct genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Ziliujing Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Q. shouhu, known from partial skeletons of three mature individuals, associated with several eggs, some of which contain embryos. These may represent the oldest leathery eggs currently known.[1]
- ^ Han, F.; Yu, Y.; Zhang, S.; Zeng, R.; Wang, X.; Cai, H.; Wu, T.; Wen, Y.; Cai, S.; Li, C.; Wu, R.; Zhao, W.; Xu, X. (2023). "Exceptional early Jurassic fossils with leathery eggs shed light on dinosaur reproductive biology". National Science Review. doi:10.1093/nsr/nwad258. PMC 11067957.