Qiupalong

Field photograph to come

DV-0797Qiupa Fm., China

Qiupalong

DV-0797 · type species Qiupalong henanensis

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Omnivore
Group
Theropods, Ornithomimidae
Found in
China
Named by
Xu et al. 2011

Field notes

About Qiupalong

Qiupalong was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ornithomimidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Qiupalong, from China. Its fossils come from the Qiupa Formation. It was named by Xu et al. in 2011.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Ornithomimidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. Xu, Y. Kobayashi, and Y.-N. Lee, Y. Liu, K. Tanaka, X. Zhang, S. Jia, J. Zhang. 2011. A new ornithomimid dinosaur with North American affinities from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation in Henan Province of China. Cretaceous Research 32(1):213-222