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ZUOLONG
(zoo-o-long)
meaning: "Zuo dragon"
Zuolong
Named By: Jonah N. Choiniere, James M. Clark, Catherine A. Forster & Xu Xing in 2010
Time Period: Late Jurassic, 161.2-155.2 Ma
Location: China, Xinjiang - Shishugou Formation
Size: 3.1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Skull and partial skeleton
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Theropoda | Coelurosauria |
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Zuolong (Zuo's dragon) is a genus of coelurosaur dinosaur which existed in what is now Wucaiwan, Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China during the Late Jurassic period (lower Oxfordian stage, around 160 mya).

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