Daurlong

Field photograph to come

DV-1171Longjiang Fm., China

Daurlong

DV-1171 · type species Daurlong wangi

Lived
121 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
Found in
China
Named by
Wang et al. 2022

Field notes

About Daurlong

Daurlong was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Daurlong, from China. Its fossils come from the Longjiang Formation. It was named by Wang et al. in 2022.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

120 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Dromaeosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Wang, A. Cau, and B. Guo, F. Ma, G. Qing, Y. Liu . 2022. Intestinal preservation in a birdlike dinosaur supports conservatism in digestive canal evolution among theropods. Scientific Reports 12(1):19965:1-10