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ArticleScientific reports2025

A new Early Jurassic dinosaur represents the earliest-diverging and oldest sauropodomorph of East Asia.

Ya-Ming Wang, Qian-Nan Zhang, Yan-Chao Wang, Huan Xu, Jianbo Chen, Zhuo Feng, Xing Xu, Tao Wang, Hai-Lu You

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Ya-Ming WangThe Geological Museum of China, Beijing, 100034, China. yaming21@hotmail.com.
Qian-Nan ZhangKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China. zhangqiannan@ivpp.ac.cn.
Yan-Chao WangKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China.
Huan XuYunnan Key Laboratory of Earth System Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China.
Jianbo ChenYunnan Key Laboratory of Earth System Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China.
Zhuo FengYunnan Key Laboratory of Earth System Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China.
Xing XuKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China.
Tao WangCenter for Dinosaur Research and Protection, Bureau of Natural Resources of Lufeng City, Lufeng, Yunnan, China.
Hai-Lu YouKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China. youhailu@ivpp.ac.cn.

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the Beijing Natural Science Foundation 5224037the National Natural Science Foundation of China 42002014, 42288201, 42372030the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology 213126the Strategic Priority Research Programme of the Chinese Academy of Sciences XDB26000000Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program 202305AB350006
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Abstract

A new dinosaur assemblage from the Lower Jurassic at Wande Town, Wuding County, Yunnan Province, China is discovered recently. Here a new sauropodomorph from this site, Wudingloong wui gen. et sp. nov., is described on the basis of a partial skeleton. Wudingloong is different from other non-sauropodiform sauropodomorphs particularly in having an ascending ramus of the maxilla excavated by triangular antorbital fossa, distinct ventral keel on the middle cervical centra, a slender humerus with a flat and low humeral head, a gracile metacarpal V with the proximal end as wide as the distal end, and a large and robust ungual of manual digit I. Wudingloong was excavated from the lowest Lower Jurassic Yubacun Formation, which is the lowest dinosaur bone bed in East Asia. Both the phylogenetic analysis and stratigraphic horizon indicate that Wudingloong represents the earliest-diverging and stratigraphically oldest sauropodomorph dinosaur discovered in East Asia so far. The discovery of this new taxon provides further evidence that the southwestern China sauropodomorph assemblage is one of the most taxonomically diverse and morphologically disparate in the pre-Toarcian Early Jurassic worldwide, represented by various taxa from near the base of the Massopoda to non-sauropodan sauropodiforms.

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DinosaursFossilsAnimalsAsia, EasternBiological EvolutionChinaPaleontologyPhylogeny

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