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DATANGLONG
(dah-tang-long)
meaning: "Datang dragon"
Named By: Jinyou Mo, Fusheng Zhou, Guang Ning Li, Zhen Hunag & Chenyun Cao in 2014
Time Period: Early Cretaceous
Location: China, Guangxi Province
Size: Estimated about 7-8 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial post cranial remains, mostly of the hip bones and a dorsal (back) vertebra
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Carcharodontosauria |
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Not to be confused with Datonglong, a hadrosauroid ornithopod dinosaur.

Datanglong is an extinct genus of carcharodontosaurian theropod belonging to the Tetanurae. It existed during the Early Cretaceous in what is now southeastern China.

Read more about Datanglong at Wikipedia
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