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YULONG
(yu-long)
meaning: "Yu dragon -Yu is the one character abbreviation for Henan Province"
Yulong
Named By: Junchang Lu, Philip J. Currie, Li Xu, Xingliao Zhang, Hanyong Pu & Songhai Jia in 2013
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, Late Cretaceous
Location: China, Henan Province - Qiupa Formation
Size: Up to 50 centimetres long
Diet: Omnivore
Fossil(s): Remains from five individuals together representing the skull and post cranial skeleton. Eggs and at least one embryo are also known
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurichia | Theropoda | Oviraptosauria |
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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.

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