Fulengia Temporal range:
Early Jurassic,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | † Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | † Massopoda |
Genus: | †
Fulengia Carroll and Galton, 1977 |
Species: | †F. youngi
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Binomial name | |
†Fulengia youngi Carroll and Galton, 1977
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Fulengia is a dubious genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Lufeng Formation of China. [1]
The type species, F. youngi, was described by Carroll and Galton in 1977. [2] It is a nomen dubium, and may be the same animal as Lufengosaurus (from which it is anagramized). It was originally thought to be a lizard.
The holotype of Fulengia (CUP 2037), a mineralised lump containing a small skull, just under 4 centimetres (1.6 in) long, a single vertebra, and a jumble of unidentifiable bones, was originally catalogued as a juvenile specimen of Yunnanosaurus huangi by Simmons in 1965, [3] who reckoned they were " coprolitic in origin", but there is no way to accurately prove this. [3] Twelve years later Carroll and Galton reclassified it as a lizard of Late Triassic age and named the species Fulengia youngi. [2]
The holotype remains, and two other nodules (CUP 2038a and CUP 2038b) [4] from the same site were also found during reinspection of the Catholic University of Peking collections in 1989. [5] In 1989, Evans and Milner classified Fulengia as an Early Jurassic sauropodomorph. [5]
It was around 6.2 metres (20 ft) long and around 600 kilograms (1,300 lb) in weight when fully grown. [6] Its height was unknown, [6] and it had a skull size of around 4 centimetres (1.6 in) long. [3]
Fulengia Temporal range:
Early Jurassic,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | † Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | † Massopoda |
Genus: | †
Fulengia Carroll and Galton, 1977 |
Species: | †F. youngi
|
Binomial name | |
†Fulengia youngi Carroll and Galton, 1977
|
Fulengia is a dubious genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Lufeng Formation of China. [1]
The type species, F. youngi, was described by Carroll and Galton in 1977. [2] It is a nomen dubium, and may be the same animal as Lufengosaurus (from which it is anagramized). It was originally thought to be a lizard.
The holotype of Fulengia (CUP 2037), a mineralised lump containing a small skull, just under 4 centimetres (1.6 in) long, a single vertebra, and a jumble of unidentifiable bones, was originally catalogued as a juvenile specimen of Yunnanosaurus huangi by Simmons in 1965, [3] who reckoned they were " coprolitic in origin", but there is no way to accurately prove this. [3] Twelve years later Carroll and Galton reclassified it as a lizard of Late Triassic age and named the species Fulengia youngi. [2]
The holotype remains, and two other nodules (CUP 2038a and CUP 2038b) [4] from the same site were also found during reinspection of the Catholic University of Peking collections in 1989. [5] In 1989, Evans and Milner classified Fulengia as an Early Jurassic sauropodomorph. [5]
It was around 6.2 metres (20 ft) long and around 600 kilograms (1,300 lb) in weight when fully grown. [6] Its height was unknown, [6] and it had a skull size of around 4 centimetres (1.6 in) long. [3]