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 | |
Beishanlong is a genus of giant ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China.