Haolong

HOW-long /ˈhaʊlɒŋ/

Accepted genus

"Hao dragon" (the Hao element is unconfirmed)

  • Hao · Chinese · uncertain; the source of this element is not confirmed
  • long · Chinese · dragon

The name ends in "long", the Chinese word for "dragon", which is a common ending for Chinese dinosaur genera. I can't confirm what the "Hao" part refers to, so I haven't guessed.

Period
Early Cretaceous
Found in
Liaoning, China

Haolong is a published dinosaur genus, a hadrosauriform ornithopod from China. I'm not certain of its author, year, exact formation, stage or the origin of "Hao", so those fields are left blank. Please check them against the original description.