Beibeilong
Field photograph to come
Beibeilong
DV-0974 · type species Beibeilong sinensis
- Lived
- 101 to 90 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Caenagnathidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Pu et al. 2017
Field notes
About Beibeilong
Beibeilong was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 90 million years ago. It belongs to the family Caenagnathidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Beibeilong, from China. Its fossils come from the Gaogou Formation. It was named by Pu et al. in 2017.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Caenagnathidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. Pu, D. K. Zelenitsky, and J. Lü, P. J. Currie, K. Carpenter, L. Xu, E. B. Koppelhus, S. Jia, L. Xiao, H. Chuang, T. Li, M. Kundrát, C. Shen. 2017. Perinate and eggs of a giant caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of central China. Nature Communications 8:14952:1-9