Qianlong shouhu

Qianlong shouhu
Temporal range: Early Jurassic, Sinemurian
Reconstructed skeletons of an adult and juvenile (not to scale)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Massopoda
Clade: Sauropodiformes
Genus: Qianlong
Species:
Q. shouhu
Binomial name
Qianlong shouhu
Han et al., 2023

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]

  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.