Yanbeilong | |
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A restoration of Yanbeilong ultimus by Gael Casas | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | †Ornithischia |
Suborder: | †Stegosauria |
Family: | †Stegosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Stegosaurinae |
Genus: | †Yanbeilong Jia, 2024 |
Type species | |
†Yanbeilong ultimus Jia, 2024 |
Yanbeilong (meaning "north of Yanmen Pass dragon") is an extinct genus of stegosaurid discovered in 2024 from the Early Cretaceous (Albian). It was found in the Zuoyun Formation (Shanxi, China). The type and only species is Y. ultimus.