Xunmenglong
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Xunmenglong
DV-1126 · type species Xunmenglong yingliangis
- Lived
- 133 to 126 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Compsognathidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xing et al. 2020
Field notes
About Xunmenglong
Xunmenglong was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 133 to 126 million years ago. It belongs to the family Compsognathidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Xunmenglong, from China. Its fossils come from the Huajiying Formation. It was named by Xing et al. in 2020.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
130 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Compsognathidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. Xing, T. Miyashita, and D. Wang, K. Niu, P. J. Currie. 2020. A new compsognathid theropod dinosaur from the oldest assemblage of the Jehol Biota in the Lower Cretaceous Huajiying Formation, northeastern China. Cretaceous Research 107:104285