Genus: Yongjinglong LI, LI, YOU, & DODSON, 2014
Etymology: The generic name "Yongjiang," from ancient Chinese, refers to Yougjing
County, which is close to the fossil location of the new sauropod and which also
yields numerous dinosaur track fossils; and long, "dragon," all in Chinese.
Species: datangi LI,
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YOU, & DODSON,
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Etymology: The specifi name "datangi" referes to the Tang dynasty and also honors
Mr. Zhi-Lu Tang from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology,
Bejing for his numerous contributions to the research of dinosaurs.
Holotype: GSGM ZH (08)-04
Localty: Beside the G75 Highway, less than a kilometer from the quarries of Daxiatitan and Huanghetitan liujiaxiensis, which are all located in the southeastern part of the Lnzhou-Minhe Basin, Gansu Province, China.
Hroizon: Upper Hekou Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early Cretaceous.
Material: 3 teeth, 8 presacral verterae including 1 caudal cervical, 4 crainl dorsal, and 3 articulated middle dorsal vertebrae, 1 fragmentary rib, left scapulocoracoid, and right ulna and radius.