Bolong
Field photograph to come
Bolong
DV-0726
- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods, Iguanodontidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Wu et al. 2010
Field notes
About Bolong
Bolong was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Iguanodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Bolong, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Wu et al. in 2010.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Iguanodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: W.-h. Wu, P. Godefroit, and D.-y. Hu. 2010. [Bolong yixianensis gen. et sp. nov.: a new iguanodontoid dinosaur from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China]. Geology and Resources 19(2):127-133