Wulatelong
Field photograph to come
Wulatelong
DV-0872 · type species Wulatelong gobiensis
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Oviraptoridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xu et al. 2013
Field notes
About Wulatelong
Wulatelong was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Oviraptoridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Wulatelong, from China. Its fossils come from the Wulansuhai Formation. It was named by Xu et al. in 2013.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Oviraptoridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Xu, Q.-W. Tan, and S. Wang, C. Sullivan, D. W. E. Hone, F.-L. Han, Q.-Y. Ma, L. Tan, D. Xiao. 2013. A new oviraptorid from the Upper Cretaceous of Nei Mongol, China, and its stratigraphic implications. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 51(2):85-101