Qiliania

of the Qilian (Mountains)

• Qilian · Chinese (place name) · Qilian Mountains
• -ia · Latin · Latinised place-name suffix

The name refers to the Qilian Mountains in northwestern China, near where the fossils were found. The Latinised ending -ia is a standard suffix for place names. The name therefore marks the region of discovery.

Year named

2014

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Gansu Province, China

Recalled as a small feathered theropod, probably a troodontid, from Early Cretaceous rocks of Gansu. The authorship, formation, exact age and etymology details are from memory and should be checked against the original description.