Anhuilong

Name: Anhuilong ‭(‬Anhui dragon‭)‬.
Phonetic: An-hwe-long.
Named By: Xin-Xin Ren,‭ ‬Jian-Dong Huang‭ & ‬Hai-Lu You‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Mamenchisauridae.
Species: A.‭ ‬diboensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Anhui Province.
Time period: Mid Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial left fore leg,‭ ‬including humerus‭ (‬upper bone‭)‬,‭ ‬ulna and radius‭ (‬lower bones‭)‬.

       Anhuilong is a genus of mamenchisaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived in China during the mid Jurassic.‭

Further reading
-‭ ‬The second mamenchisaurid dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Eastern China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Historical Biology:‭ ‬An International Journal of Paleobiology‭ ‬-‭ ‬Xin-Xin Ren,‭ ‬Jian-Dong Huang‭ & ‬Hai-Lu You‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.

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