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sharp-clawed runner
Beishanlong
Say it like this: “bay-SHAN-long”
Beishanlong grandis
Beishanlong ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2010 · Makovicky, P. J.; Li, D.; Gao, K. Q.; Lewin, M.; Erickson, G. M.; Norell, M. A.
- Hip height
- 2.6 m · 9 ft
- Length
- 5.9–7 m · 19–23 ft
- Weight
- 375–626 kg · 827–1,380 lb
- Found in
- China · Xiagou
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Ornithomimosauria
The story in short
The genus Beishanlong dates to 2010, the year P. J. Makovicky and colleagues described it. The name means “north Mountains.”
Fossils referred to Beishanlong date to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian), roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Xiagou Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Beishanlong at a length near 5.9–7 m, hips about 2.6 m high, and a body mass around 375–626 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Ornithomimosauria, among the theropod dinosaurs.