Qiupalong
Field photograph to come
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
70 million years ago
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