#yanbeilong

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The Last Stegosaur (2024), linocut, edition of 12

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Yanbeilong

Yanbeilong is one of the most recent stegosaurians, being from the Cretaceous while the majority went extinct in the Jurassic. It is closely related to Stegosaurus itself, and likely had two rows of large plates running down its back and the length of the tail, ending in long spikes. It also whould have had a long narrow skull, and longer hindlimbs than forelimbs.

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Results from the Flocking #paleostream

Yanbeilong, Josephoartigasia, Italophlebia and Tenontosaurus.

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From the Paleostream Flocking tonight!

[new-dinosaurs]

Yanbeilong ultimus Jia et al., 2024 (new genus and species)

(Back vertebrae of Yanbeilong ultimus, from Jia et al., 2024)

Meaning of name: Yanbeilong = dragon north of Yanmen Pass [in Chinese]; ultimus = last [in Latin]

Age: Early Cretaceous (Albian)

Where found: Zuoyun Formation, Shanxi, China

How much is known: Partial skeleton of one individual including several vertebrae and most of the hip.

Notes: Yanbeilong was a stegosaur. Cretaceous fossils of stegosaurs are rare, and they are generally thought to have died out in the Early Cretaceous (though some controversial remains may suggest otherwise). Yanbeilong is thus one of the youngest uncontested stegosaurs known.

Reference: Jia, L., N. Li, L. Dong, J. Shi, Z. Kang, S. Wang, S. Xu, and H. You. 2024. A new stegosaur from the late Early Cretaceous of Zuoyun, Shanxi Province, China. Historical Biology advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2024.2308214

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Paleostream 3/02/2024

results of today's #Paleostream!

today we sketched THE LAST STEGOSAAAUUUURRRR Yanbeilong ultimus, Josephoartigasia, Italophlebia, and Tenontosaurus!

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Flocking Together #35

Yanbeilong/Josephoartigasia

Italophlebia/Tenontosaurus

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Yanbeilong