Bolong

Say it like this: “BO-long”

Bolong yixianensis

Bolong ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.

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When: Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Named in: 2010 · Wu, W. H.; Godefroit, P.; Hu, D. Y.
Hip height: 1.1 m · 4 ft
Length: 4 m · 13 ft
Weight: 200 kg · 441 lb
Found in: China · Yixian
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two or four legs
Kind: beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
Family branch: Hadrosauroidea

The story in short

In 2010, W. H. Wu and colleagues published the name Bolong.

It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Yixian Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.

Published estimates put Bolong at a length near 4 m, hips about 1.1 m high, and a body mass around 200 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Hadrosauroidea, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Altirhinus

Altirhinus kurzanovi

Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago

Batyrosaurus

Batyrosaurus rozhdestvenskyi

Late Cretaceous (Santonian · Campanian) · roughly 85.7 to 72.2 million years ago

Cariocecus

Cariocecus bocagei

Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago