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sharp-clawed runner
Beibeilong
Say it like this: “bay-bay-long”
Beibeilong sinensis
Beibeilong ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2017 · Pu, H.; Zelenitsky, D. K.; Lü, J.; Currie, P. J.; Carpenter, K.; Xu, L.; Koppelhus, E. B.; Jia, S.; Xiao, L.; Chuang, H.; Li, T.; Kundrát, M.; Shen, C.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 7.5 m · 25 ft
- Weight
- 1.5–2 tonnes
- Found in
- China · Gaogou
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Caenagnathidae
The story in short
Beibeilong was formally named in 2017 by H. Pu and colleagues.
Fossils referred to Beibeilong date to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian), roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Gaogou Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Beibeilong at a length near 7.5 m and a body mass around 1.5–2 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Caenagnathidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.