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BEISHANLONG
(bay-shan-long)
meaning: "Beishan dragon - Bei shan translates as white mountains, so an alternative interpretation is White mountains dragon"
Beishanlong
Named By: Peter J. Makovicky, Li Daiqing, Gao Keqin, Matthew Lewin, Gregory Erickson and Mark A. Norrell in 2010
Time Period: Early Cretaceous,[1] 115-100 Ma
Location: China, Gansu Province
Size: Estimated at up to 8 meters long. Analysis of remains suggests that they were of a subadult and the dinosaur grew slightly larger
Diet: Uncertain, but possibly an omnivore as has been presumed for other ornithomimosaurs
Fossil(s): A few individuals but of partial post cranial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Maniraptoriformes | Ornithomimosauria |
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Beishanlong is a genus of giant ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China.

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