Genus
Valid Extinct

Qiupalong

Xu et al. 2011

Qiupalong is an extinct genus of ornithomimosaurian theropod that was discovered in the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Henan, China. The genus contains a single species, Q. henanensis, the specific epithet for which was named for the province of Henan. Uniquely, Qiupalong is one of the few Late Cretaceous non-avian dinosaurs known from both Asia and Laramidia. A specimen from Alberta has been referred to the genus without being assigned to the type species or suggested to be similar to it. A fossil of an ornithomimid similar to Qiupalong has also been described from Russian Far East.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore, omnivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Qiupalong
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Ornithomimosauria Unranked clade
Ornithomimidae Family
Qiupalong Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Qiupa
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Qiupalong henanensis 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
L. Xu, Y. Kobayashi, and Y.-N. Lee, Y. Liu, K. Tanaka, X. Zhang, S. Jia, J. Zhang. 2011. A new ornithomimid dinosaur with North American affinities from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation in Henan Province of China. Cretaceous Research 32(1):213-222 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
L. Xu, Y. Kobayashi, and Y.-N. Lee, Y. Liu, K. Tanaka, X. Zhang, S. Jia, J. Zhang. 2011. A new ornithomimid dinosaur with North American affinities from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation in Henan Province of China. Cretaceous Research 32(1):213-222 DOI ↗