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HUANGSHANLONG
(hu-ang-shan-long)
meaning: "Huangshan dragon"
Named By: J.inD. Huang, H.inL. You, J.inT. Yang & X.inX. Ren in 2014
Time Period: Middle Jurassic
Location: China, Anhui Province - Hongqin Formation
Size: Unceratin due to lack of remains
Diet: Herbviore
Fossil(s): Partial forelimb. including the radius and ulna
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropoda | Mamenchisauridae |
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Huangshanlong is a genus of mamenchisaurid dinosaurs native to the Anhui province of China. It contains a single species, Huangshanlong anhuiensis. H. anhuiensis represents, along with Wannanosaurus, one of only two dinosaurs known from Anhui. The only specimen consists of a partial forelimb discovered in 2002 during the construction of the Huihang highway.

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