Holotype:
Locality: Shaximiao, Sichuan (Szechwan) Province, China.
Horizon: Upper Shaximiao Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Jurassic.
Material:
Referred material:
YUANQING, CLEMENS, HU & LI, 1996
Number: Not given: An upper molar.
Note: May belong to a different genus.WANG, CLEMENS, HU & LI, 1997
Number: Not given: An incomplete left mandible with teeth.
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Species: shilongi WANG, CLEMENS, HU & LI,
1998
Etymology: Chinese, shi, "stone" and Chinese, long, "dragon": “stone dragon”. The name refers to
both the village nearest to the type locality, Shilolngzhai (Shilong Village),
and a self-styled sobriquet of Prof Minchen Chow, Shilongzi, “man of
fossil vertebrates”.
Holotype: IVPP 7467
Locality: Shaximiao, Sichuan (Szechwan) Province, China.
Horizon: Upper Shaximiao Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Jurassic.
Material: An isolated right upper molar, probably not the most distal.