Genus
Valid Extinct

Bolong

Wu et al. 2010

Bolong is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning Province, China. It lived about 125 million years ago in the earliest Barremian.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Bolong
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
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Neoiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Iguanodontidae Family
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Bolong Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Yixian
2
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Bolong yixianensis 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
W.-h. Wu, P. Godefroit, and D.-y. Hu. 2010. [Bolong yixianensis gen. et sp. nov.: a new iguanodontoid dinosaur from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China]. Geology and Resources 19(2):127-133
Bibliography (2)
W. Zheng, X. Jin, and M. Shibata, Y. Azuma. 2013. An early juvenile specimen of Bolong yixianensis (Ornithopoda: Iguanodontia from the Lower Cretaceous of Ningcheng County, Nei Mongol, China. Historical Biology DOI ↗
W.-h. Wu, P. Godefroit, and D.-y. Hu. 2010. [Bolong yixianensis gen. et sp. nov.: a new iguanodontoid dinosaur from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China]. Geology and Resources 19(2):127-133