QIUPALONG
an ornithomimid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China.
Pronunciation: chee-OO-pah-long
Meaning: Qiupa Dragon
Author/s: Xu
et al. (
2011)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Henan, China
Discovery Chart Position: #774
Qiupalong henanensis
(Qiupa Dragon from Henan)Etymology
Qiupalong is a combination of "Qiupa" (referring to the formation and the village in which it was discovered) and the Chinese "Long" (dragon).
The
species epithet,
henanensis, means "from Henan" in Latin.
Discovery
The remains of
Quipalong were discovered in the Qiupa Formation, in a quarry near Qiupa village, Tantou Basin, Luanchuan County, Henan Province, China.
The
holotype (HGM 41HIII-0106) is partial skeleton,
including hip bones (parts of both ilia, pubes, and ischia), and the right shin, ankle and heel, metatarsals, and toe bones.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Age range: 72-66 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
References
• Xu L, Kobayashi Y, Lü J, Lee Y-N, Liu Y, Tanaka K, Zhang X, Jia S and Zhang J (2010) "A new ornithomimid dinosaur with North American affinities from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation in Henan Province of China".
Cretaceous Research, 32(2): 213-222. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2010.12.004.
• McFeeters B, Ryan MJ, Schröder-Adams C and Currie PJ (2017) "First North American occurrences of Qiupalong (Theropoda: Ornithomimidae) and the palaeobiogeography of derived ornithomimids".
FACETS, 2: 355-373. DOI: 10.1139/facets-2016-0074.
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