Beibeilong sinensis Beibeilong

Beibeilong (Chinese: 贝贝龙, ) is a genus of large caenagnathid dinosaurs that lived in China during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 96 million to 88 million years ago. The genus contains a single species, Beibeilong sinensis. The species was named and described in 2017 through analysis of an embryonic skeleton (nicknamed Baby Louie) and partial nest with large eggs that were discovered in the Gaogou Formation of China (Henan Province) between 1992 and 1993.

Beibeilong was a notably large caenagnathid and among the largest oviraptorosaurs, estimated at 7.5 m long (extrapolated from the large embryo and eggs) with a ponderous weight of about 1.5 – 2 MT, based on comparisons with the closely related Gigantoraptor. Its jaws—in a similar fashion to most other oviraptorosaurs—were toothless and developed a horny beak (also known as rhamphotheca).