Name: Analong
(Ana dragon).
Phonetic: An-a-long.
Named By: Xin-Xin Ren, Toru Sekiya, Tao Wang,
Zhi-Wen Yang & Hai-Lu You - 2020.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Mamenchisauridae.
Species: A. chuanjieensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown.
Known locations: China, Yunna province -
Chuanjie Formation.
Time period: Mid Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Fossils
of Analong were originally assigned to the
Chuanjiesaurus
genus until
they were granted their own distinct genus in 2020. Analong
was a
mamenchisaurid sauropod
dinosaur that lived in China during the mid
Jurassic.
Further reading
A revision of the referred specimen of Chuanjiesaurus anaensis
Fang et
al., 2000: a new early branching mamenchisaurid sauropod from the
Middle Jurassic of China. - Historical Biology: An International
Journal of Paleobiology. - Xin-Xin Ren, Toru Sekiya, Tao Wang,
Zhi-Wen Yang & Hai-Lu You - 2020.