Yuanyanglong

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DV-1295Miaogou Fm., China

Yuanyanglong

DV-1295 · type species Yuanyanglong bainian

Lived
121 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Omnivore
Group
Theropods
Found in
China
Named by
Hao et al. 2025

Field notes

About Yuanyanglong

Yuanyanglong was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 101 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Yuanyanglong, from China. Its fossils come from the Miaogou Formation. It was named by Hao et al. in 2025.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

110 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Oviraptorosauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. Hao, Z. Li, and Z. Wang, S. Wang, F. Ma, Qinggele, J. Logan King, R. Pei, Q. Zhao, X. Xu. 2025. A new oviraptorosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Miaogou Formation of western Inner Mongolia, China. Cretaceous Research 167(78):106023