Yulong

Field photograph to come

DV-0874Qiupa Fm., China

Yulong

DV-0874

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Omnivore
Group
Theropods, Oviraptoridae
Found in
China
Named by
Lü et al. 2013

Field notes

About Yulong

Yulong was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Oviraptoridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Yulong, from China. Its fossils come from the Qiupa Formation. It was named by Lü et al. in 2013.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Oviraptoridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. Lü, P. J. Currie, and L. Xu, X. Zhang, H. Pu, S. Jia. 2013. Chicken-sized oviraptorid dinosaurs from central China and their ontogenetic implications. Naturwissenschaften 100:165-175