Yulong
Name: Yulong
(Yu dragon -Yu is the one character abbreviation for Henan
Province).
Phonetic: Yu-long.
Named By: Junchang L�, Philip J. Currie, Li
Xu, Xingliao Zhang, Hanyong Pu & Songhai Jia - 2013.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurichia, Theropoda, Oviraptosauria.
Species: Y. mini (type).
Diet: Omnivore?
Size: Up to 50 centimetres long.
Known locations: China, Henan Province - Qiupa
Formation.
Time period: Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Remains from five individuals
together representing the skull and post cranial skeleton. Eggs and
at least one embryo are also known.
Yulong was a Late Cretaceous oviraptosaur, and one that was positively tiny, especially when compared to the very large oviraptosaur genera like Gigantoraptor. Unfortunately, the exact age of the Qiupa Formation is currently unknown at the time of writing, but we can say that Yulong probably lived in the same ecosystems as other dinosaurs such as the ornithomimid Qiupalong and the dromaeosaurid Luanchuanraptor.
Further reading
- Chicken-sized oviraptorid dinosaurs from central China and their
ontogenetic implications, Junchang L�, Philip J. Currie, Li
Xu, Xingliao Zhang, Hanyong Pu & Songhai Jia - 2013.
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