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Oviraptoridae

Yulong YU-lo

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Yulong 1.5 m (4.9 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Yulong
Length
1.5 m (4.9 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (72.2–66 Mya)
Food
Omnivore
Clade
Oviraptoridae

Yulong is a oviraptoridae known from the Cretaceous period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Lü et al. 2013.