弯龙是种体格粗壮的动物,拥有强健的后肢和仍有四趾的宽脚。[2]由于犹他齿龙独立建属,因此莫里逊组中哪些材料属于弯龙已成问题。13号采石场的全异弯龙标本无疑是从很深的地层中发现,地质年龄可能追溯到卡洛维阶至牛津阶。[3]较年轻地层中的最大碎片表明成年个体体长超过7.9米(26英尺)、臀高超过2米(6.6英尺)。[4]然而13号采石场个体的体型更小,被描述为长6米(20英尺)、重785至874公斤(1,731至1,927英磅)。[5]2010年,格雷戈里·保罗(英语:Gregory S. Paul)(Gregory Paul)给出更低的估计值:长5米、重半吨。[6]
另一欧洲物种称作普氏弯龙(C. prestwichii),化石出自英国牛津郡赫斯特山(英语:Hurst Hill, Oxfordshire)的查利砖坑(Chawley Brick Pits),是在一辆电车驶入山坡时被人发现。1880年,赫克将其命名为普氏弯龙,之后丝莱于1888年将其建立为新属库姆纳龙,但很快被莱德克于次年归入弯龙。[20]然而,耐许和马提尔(2008年)、麦克唐纳及同事(2010年)和麦克唐纳(2011年)先后发现丝莱之前独立建属的有效性。库姆纳龙已被发现是种硬棘龙类,与衍生禽龙类的关系比弯龙更近,情况类似犹他齿龙。[14][15]
2022年,首批确认属于弯龙未定近似种的欧洲遗骸由桑切斯-费诺罗萨等人正式描述。[1]在西班牙维拉-德-阿索维斯波组(英语:Villar del Arzobispo Formation)组富恩特西利亚段(Fuentecillas member)发现了一件标本,由一个前段颈椎椎体、一个前段背椎椎体、一个背骶椎体、四个骶骨椎体、一个尾骶椎体、两个前段尾椎椎体、三个中段尾椎椎体及左肱骨远端的一块碎片。富恩特西利亚标本被认为更近似于葡萄牙侏罗纪的弯龙而非龙爪龙,[21]因此被暂时归入弯龙。[1]
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