Name: Xuwulong
(Xuwu dragon).
Phonetic: Zu-wu-long.
Named By: You, Li & Liu - 2011.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Hadrosauriformes, Hadrosauroidea.
Species: X. yueluni (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: China, Gansu Province.
Time period: Aptian to Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial skeleton.
Xuwulong is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A New Hadrosauriform Dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Gansu
Province, China. - Acta Geologica Sinica. 85 (1): 51–57. - You Hailu,
Li Daqing & Liu Weichang - 2011.
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