Xuwulong

Field photograph to come

DV-0809Xiagou Fm., China

Xuwulong

DV-0809

Lived
121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Ornithopods
Found in
China
Named by
You et al. 2011

Field notes

About Xuwulong

Xuwulong was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago.

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

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

115 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Hadrosauroidea.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. You, D. Li, and W. Liu. 2011. A new hadrosauriform dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 85(1):51-57