Wudingloong wui Wang et al. 2025 (sauropodomorph)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: Y. Wang, Q. Zhang, Y. Wang, H. Xu, J. Chen, Z. Feng, X. Xu, T. Wang, and H. You. 2025. A new Early Jurassic dinosaur represents the earliest-diverging and oldest sauropodomorph of East Asia. Scientific Reports 15:26749

Belongs to Wudingloong according to Y. Wang et al. 2025

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LFGT-YW002, a partial skeleton (A partial skeleton including skull and mandible, atlas-axis, third to the tenth cervical vertebrae, first to the seventh dorsal vertebrae, dorsal ribs, right sc). Its type locality is Wudingloong type locality, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial mudstone/sandstone in the Yubacun Formation of China.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wudingloong type locality

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