Beishanlong

Beishan dragon

• Beishan · Chinese · the Beishan region of Gansu, China (literally 'north mountains')
• long · Chinese · dragon

The name combines "Beishan", the mountainous region in Gansu Province, China, where the fossils were found, with the Chinese word "long", meaning dragon. It translates as "Beishan dragon". The type species, B. grabaui, honours the geologist Amadeus Grabau.

Named by

Makovicky et al.

Year named

2010

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Xinminbao Group, Mazongshan area (Beishan region), Gansu Province, China

A large ornithomimosaur (a theropod, "ostrich-mimic" dinosaur) and one of the biggest known members of the group. It is known from a single partial skeleton. Valid genus. The type species is B. grabaui.