Datanglong
Field photograph to come
Datanglong
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- Lived
- 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Mo et al. 2014
Field notes
About Datanglong
Datanglong was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Datanglong, from China. Its fossils come from the Xinlong Formation. It was named by Mo et al. in 2014.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
115 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Carcharodontosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. Mo, F. Zhou, and G. Li, Z. Huang, C. Cao. 2014. A new Carcharodontosauria (Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Guangxi, Southern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 88(4):1051-1059