中加马门溪龙 (zhōngjiāmǎménxīlóng): Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum

Meanings

1 Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum
2 enormous long-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Xinjiang, jointly described by Sino-Canadian researchers

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Canada (short form of 加拿大)

Examples

中加马门溪龙拥有已知脊椎动物中最长的脖子。

Zhōngjiāmǎménxīlóng yōngyǒu yǐzhī jǐzhuī dòngwù zhōng zuìcháng de bózi.

Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum has the longest neck of any known vertebrate.

中加马门溪龙的化石是中加联合考察队发现的。

Zhōngjiāmǎménxīlóng de huàshí shì zhōng jiā liánhé kǎochá duì fāxiàn de.

Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum fossils were discovered by a joint Sino-Canadian expedition.

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history

The species epithet sinocanadorum honors the 1987–1990 Sino-Canadian Dinosaur Project that uncovered it in the Junggar Basin. Recent neck-length estimates exceed 15 meters.