Caihong
Field photograph to come
Caihong
DV-1017 · type species Caihong juji
- Lived
- 162 to 155 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Hu et al. 2018
Field notes
About Caihong
Caihong was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 162 to 155 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Caihong, from China. Its fossils come from the Tiaojishan Formation. It was named by Hu et al. in 2018.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
160 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Paraves.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: D.-Y. Hu, J. A. Clarke, and C. M. Eliason, R. Qiu, Q.-G. Li, M. D. Shawkey, C.-L. Zhao, L. D.'Alba, J. K. Jiang, X. Xu . 2018. A bony-crested Jurassic dinosaur with evidence of iridescent plumage highlights complexity in early paravian evolution. Nature Communications 9(217)