Genus
Valid Extinct

Yulong

Lü et al. 2013

Yulong is an extinct genus of derived oviraptorid theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Henan Province, central China. It contains a single species, Yulong mini. It is known from many juvenile specimens that represent some of the smallest known oviraptorids and also a single subadult specimen.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Omnivore Ground dwelling (surface) Terrestrial
Yulong
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Skull of Yulong mini. The horizontal line projected through the posterodorsal corner of the antorbital fenestra is parallel to the line linking the articular end of the quadrate and the ventral margin of the premaxillae. © Junchang Lü, Hanyong Pu, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Li Xu, Huali Chang, Yuhua Shang, Di Liu, Yuong-Nam Lee, Martin Kundrát & Caizhi Shen · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
Yulong
Yulong
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Oviraptorosauria Infraorder
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Oviraptoridae Family
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Yulong Genus
Measurements
Length
0,5 m ⓘ
Yulong mini
Mass
0,52 kg ⓘ
Yulong mini
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Qiupa
2
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Yulong mini 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. Lü, P. J. Currie, and L. Xu, X. Zhang, H. Pu, S. Jia. 2013. Chicken-sized oviraptorid dinosaurs from central China and their ontogenetic implications. Naturwissenschaften 100:165-175 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
X. Wei, M. Kundrát, and L. Xu, W. Ma, Y. Wu, H. Chang, J. Zhang, X. Zhou. 2022. A new subadult specimen of oviraptorid Yulong mini (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan, central China. Cretaceous Research 138:105261 DOI ↗
J. Lü, P. J. Currie, and L. Xu, X. Zhang, H. Pu, S. Jia. 2013. Chicken-sized oviraptorid dinosaurs from central China and their ontogenetic implications. Naturwissenschaften 100:165-175 DOI ↗