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 | |
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.