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Journal article

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

Wang, Y. M.; Zhang, Q. N.; Wang, Y. C.; Xu, H.; Chen, J.; Feng, Z.; Xu, X.; Wang, T.; You, H. L. (2025)

Citation

Wang, Y. M.; Zhang, Q. N.; Wang, Y. C.; Xu, H.; Chen, J.; Feng, Z.; Xu, X.; Wang, T.; You, H. L. (2025). A new Early Jurassic dinosaur represents the earliest-diverging and oldest sauropodomorph of East Asia. Scientific Reports 15(1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-12185-2

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Cited by genera

  • Jaklapallisaurus

    Recovered Jaklapallisaurus among early-branching sauropodomorphs outside Plateosauria.

  • Musankwa

    Recovered Musankwa with Macrocollum and Pradhania at the base of Massopoda.

  • Plateosauravus

    Wudingloong phylogenetic analysis recovered Plateosauravus as sister to Ruehleia in early Massopoda

  • Pradhania

    Recovered Pradhania with Macrocollum and Musankwa at the base of Massopoda.

  • Qianlong

    Recovered Qianlong shouhu among basal massopodans, not basal sauropodiforms.

  • Ruehleia

    New early-diverging dinosaur analysis placed Ruehleia with Plateosauravus as a basal massopodan.

  • Wudingloong

    Erects Wudingloong as the earliest-diverging and stratigraphically oldest known sauropodomorph from East Asia; recovered as sister to Plateosauravus + Ruehleia outside Massospondylidae.

  • Xingxiulong

    Recovered Xingxiulong chengi among basal massopodans as a near-equally parsimonious position.

  • Xixiposaurus

    Calls Xixiposaurus possibly a massospondylid, with Lufengosaurus, without analyzing it.

Cited by clades

  • Unaysauridae

    Did not recover Unaysauridae, placing Unaysaurus with Plateosaurus.