In Depth
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.
