Lingwulong shenqi Xu et al. 2018 (dicraeosaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Dicraeosauridae

Alternative combination: Lingwulong shenqui

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

Belongs to Lingwulong according to G. Bindellini and C. Dal Sasso 2021

See also Gallina et al. 2019 and Xu et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LM V001a, a partial skull. Its type locality is Lingwu Geopark, which is in a Jurassic fluvial-lacustrine mudstone in China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Lingwu Geopark

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