Yulong
Field photograph to come
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
70 million years ago
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