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Oviraptoridae

Tongtianlong

"Tongtianyan dragon"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tongtianlong 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Tongtianlong
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (66.7 Mya)
Place
Asia
Food
Omnivore
Clade
Oviraptoridae

Tongtianlong (meaning “Tongtianyan dragon”) is a genus of oviraptorid theropod dinosaurs that lived in the late Maastrichtian epoch of the late Cretaceous period. It contains one species, T. limosus.

What we know

  • Named by Lü et al., 2016.
  • Fossils found in Asia.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Tongtianlong — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.