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sharp-clawed runner
Wulatelong
Say it like this: “woo-la-tuh-long”
Wulatelong gobiensis
Wulatelong ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2013 · Xu, X.; Tan, Q. W.; Wang, S.; Sullivan, C.; Hone, D. W. E.; Han, F. L.; Ma, Q. Y.; Tan, L.; Xiao, D.
- Hip height
- 0.5 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 1.7 m · 6 ft
- Weight
- 25 kg · 55 lb
- Found in
- China · Bayan Mandahu
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Oviraptoridae
The story in short
Wulatelong was formally named in 2013 by X. Xu and colleagues.
Fossils referred to Wulatelong date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Bayan Mandahu Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Wulatelong at a length near 1.7 m, hips about 0.5 m high, and a body mass around 25 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Oviraptoridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.