Lingwulong Xu et al. 2018 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: X. Xu, P. Upchurch, P. D. Mannion, P. M. Barrett, O. R. Regalado-Fernandez, J. Mo, J. Ma and H. Liu. 2018. A new Middle Jurassic diplodocoid suggests an earlier dispersal and diversification of sauropod dinosaurs. Nature Communications 9:2700:1-9

Parent taxon: Flagellicaudata according to P. D. Mannion and A. J. Moore 2025

See also Gallina et al. 2019, Mannion et al. 2019, Whitlock and Wilson Mantilla 2020 and Xu et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Cetiosauriscus, Dicraeosauridae, Diplodocidae, Diplodocus lacustris

Subtaxa: Lingwulong shenqi

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Type: Lingwulong shenqi

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Lingwu Geopark (Jurassic of China)

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