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Basal sauropodomorphs, in my opinion, are one of the most underrated dinosaurs in the paleoart. Perhaps this is due to the fact that outwardly many of them are "minor" variations of the Eoraptor or Plateosaurus form, so they look "boring". However, I decided that they deserve more. Therefore, I will draw these animals more often. One of them is the Early Jurassic Xingxiulong chengi from China.

Xingxiulong (or "dragon of Xingxiu Bridge") was described in 2017 based on three skeletons from two adults and one juvenile. There are enough bones preserved to make an almost complete skeleton from them. Among them is a partial skull and limb girdles. The skull in some features resembles another Chinese sauropodomorph, Lufengosaurus. There are ten relatively short vertebrae in the neck for this group. The tail could carry about 35 vertebrae. Unusual for basal sauropodomorphs is the presence of four sacral vertebrae. They are found in more advanced, quadrupedal forms. The pelvis and hind legs also bear other features of sauropods, which may be due to the need to withstand a large mass. At the same time, despite the robust scapula, the forelimbs of Xingxiulong were relatively short: the ulna is relatively shorter than that of Lufengosaurus. In other words, despite his weight, it was still bipedal. Xingxiulong coexisted with many other sauropodomorphs, such as the already mentioned Lufengosaurus, Yunnanosaurus and Chuxiongosaurus.

Black ballpoint and black gel ink pens and black colored pencil, 2022.

Description
Basal sauropodomorphs, in my opinion, are one of the most underrated dinosaurs in the paleoart. Perhaps this is due to the fact that outwardly many of them are "minor" variations of the Eoraptor or Plateosaurus form, so they look "boring". However, I decided that they deserve more. Therefore, I will draw these animals more often. One of them is the Early Jurassic Xingxiulong chengi from China.

Xingxiulong (or "dragon of Xingxiu Bridge") was described in 2017 based on three skeletons from two adults and one juvenile. There are enough bones preserved to make an almost complete skeleton from them. Among them is a partial skull and limb girdles. The skull in some features resembles another Chinese sauropodomorph, Lufengosaurus. There are ten relatively short vertebrae in the neck for this group. The tail could carry about 35 vertebrae. Unusual for basal sauropodomorphs is the presence of four sacral vertebrae. They are found in more advanced, quadrupedal forms. The pelvis and hind legs also bear other features of sauropods, which may be due to the need to withstand a large mass. At the same time, despite the robust scapula, the forelimbs of Xingxiulong were relatively short: the ulna is relatively shorter than that of Lufengosaurus. In other words, despite his weight, it was still bipedal. Xingxiulong coexisted with many other sauropodomorphs, such as the already mentioned Lufengosaurus, Yunnanosaurus and Chuxiongosaurus.

Black ballpoint and black gel ink pens and black colored pencil, 2022.