Daurlong
Field photograph to come
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
120 million years ago
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