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sharp-clawed runner
Yulong
Say it like this: “ee-yuh-long”
Yulong mini
Yulong ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2013 · Lü, J.; Currie, P. J.; Xu, L.; Zhang, X.; Pu, H.; Jia, S.
- Hip height
- 0.2 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 0.5 m · 2 ft
- Weight
- 2 kg · 4 lb
- Found in
- China · Qiupa
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Oviraptoridae
The story in short
In 2013, J. Lü and colleagues published the name Yulong.
Fossils referred to Yulong date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Qiupa Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Yulong at a length near 0.5 m, hips about 0.2 m high, and a body mass around 2 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Oviraptoridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.