Zhenyuanlong
Field photograph to come
Zhenyuanlong
DV-0939
- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Lü and Brusatte 2015
Field notes
About Zhenyuanlong
Zhenyuanlong was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Zhenyuanlong, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Lü and Brusatte in 2015.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J.-C. Lü and S. L. Brusatte. 2015. A large, short-armed, winged dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China and its implications for feather evolution. Scientific Reports 5:11775