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sharp-clawed runner
Wulong
Say it like this: “WOO-long”
Wulong bohaiensis
Wulong ate meat 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
- 2020 · Poust, A. W.; Gao, C.; Varricchio, D. J.; Wu, J.; Zhang, F.
- Hip height
- 0.2 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 0.7 m · 2 ft
- Weight
- 1 kg · 1 lb
- Found in
- China · Jiufotang
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Microraptorinae
The story in short
The genus Wulong dates to 2020, the year A. W. Poust and colleagues described it.
Fossils referred to Wulong date to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian), roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Jiufotang Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Wulong at a length near 0.7 m, hips about 0.2 m high, and a body mass around 1 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Microraptorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Changyuraptor
Changyuraptor yangi
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Graciliraptor
Graciliraptor lujiatunensis
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Hesperonychus
Hesperonychus elizabethae
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago