Chuanqilong

Name: Chuanqilong.
Phonetic: Chu-an-ke-long.
Named By: F.‭ ‬Han,‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Zheng,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Hu,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Xu‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Barrett‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬DInosauria,‭ ‬Ornithishia,‭ ‬Thyreophora, Ankylosauria.
Species: C.‭ ‬chaoyangensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China,‭ ‬Liaoning Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Jiufotang Formation.
Time period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Fragmentary skull and lower jaw bone.

       Chuanqilong is a genus of ankylosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A New Basal Ankylosaurid‭ (‬Dinosauria:‭ ‬Ornithischia‭) ‬from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning Province,‭ ‬China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PLoS ONE‭ ‬9‭ (‬8‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Han,‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Zheng,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Hu,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Xu‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Barrett‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.



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