Wulatelong
woo-LAH-teh-long /wuːˌlɑːtəˈlɒŋ/
Accepted genus
Wulate dragon
- Wulate · Mongolian/Chinese place name · Wulate (Urad), the region in Inner Mongolia where it was found
- long · Chinese · dragon
Wulatelong is named after Wulate (Urad) in Inner Mongolia, China, the area where the fossil was found, combined with the Chinese word "long", meaning dragon. It is a small, feathered oviraptorid theropod. The type species is Wulatelong gengi.
- Named by
- Xu et al.
- Year named
- 2013
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Found in
- Inner Mongolia, China
An oviraptorid oviraptorosaur (a feathered, beaked theropod). Exact formation and stage are omitted because I am not certain of them.