| Qinlingosaurus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Family: | †incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Qinlingosaurus Xueet al., 1996 |
| Species: | †Q. luonanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Qinlingosaurus luonanensis Xueet al., 1996 | |
Qinlingosaurus is agenus of herbivoroussauropoddinosaur from theLate Cretaceous ofAsia.
Thetype species,Qinlingosaurus luonanensis (Chinese:洛南秦岭龙;pinyin:Luònán Qínlǐnglóng), was named by Xue Xiangxu, Zhang Yunxiang and Bi Xianwu in 1996. The generic name comes from theQinling mountain range ofShaanxi Province inChina, where the first fossils were recovered atHongtuling. Thespecific name refers to the provenance nearLuonan.[1]
Theholotype, NWUV 1112, was found in a layer of theHongtuling Formation orShanyang Formation, perhaps dating from theMaastrichtian. It consists of anilium,ischium and threevertebrae. The ilium has a length of seventy-seven centimetres and is elongated with a convex upper profile. Its anterior process is relatively long. The pubic process is long, the ischial process short.
Xue and colleagues, in their original description ofQinlingosaurus, were uncertain whether to classify it as a titanosaur or in some other family of sauropods. They noted that the ilium had similarities to that ofOpisthocoelicaudia.[1] In 2015, Xing and colleagues tentatively classified it as aneosauropod.[2] In 2023, Mo and colleagues listed it as atitanosauriform.[3]
Qinlingosaurus luonanensis was considered anomen dubium by Upchurch and colleagues in 2004.[4]
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