Coeruleodraco jurassicus Matsumoto et al., 2019
Systematics: Reptilia Choristodera
Size: 0.4 m long
Type Horizon and Locality: Late Jurassic, Tiaojishan Formation (Oxfordian) Qinglong county, Hebei Province, China
Type Specimen: IVPP V 23318, a nearly complete and articulated skeleton
Type Horizon and Locality: Late Jurassic, Tiaojishan Formation (Oxfordian) Qinglong county, Hebei Province, China
Type Specimen: IVPP V 23318, a nearly complete and articulated skeleton
Coeruleodraco ("Blue dragon") is the most complete and earliest known Jurassic Choristodere, a small group of aquatic freshwater reptiles. The other Jurassic Choristodere, Cteniogenys, from the Morrison Formation is only known from very fragmentary remains. Its generic name derives from the name of the Qinglong ("blue dragon") county of the Hebei Province, where the fossil was found.
June 20, 2021
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