Dinosaur
Qiaowanlong
Neck vertebrae made researchers rethink its relatives.
Neck vertebrae made researchers rethink its relatives. It had a long neck, a small head and four legs supporting a sauropod body. Details of the neck bones are particularly important for comparisons with other branches of these giant plant eaters.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Qiaowanlong at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- It was a plant eater.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Somphospondyli
- Somphospondylans
- Fossil locations
- Gansu
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Qiaowanlong
The fossils were found in Gansu, northwestern China, and described in 2009. Initially considered a brachiosaurid, later analyses placed it closer to Asian sauropods such as Euhelopus and Erketu.
Classifications are hypotheses tested against new evidence. Moving an animal on the family tree does not erase the discovery; it improves our understanding of its closest relatives.
Classifications are hypotheses tested against new evidence. Moving an animal on the family tree does not erase the discovery; it improves our understanding of its closest relatives.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
Classifications are hypotheses tested against new evidence. Moving an animal on the family tree does not erase the discovery; it improves our understanding of its closest relatives.
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