Name:
Wulatelong
(Wulate dragon).
Phonetic: Woo-la-tuh-long.
Named By: Xu Xing, Tan Qing-Wei, Wang Shuo, Corwin
Sullivan, David W. E. Hone, Han Feng-Lu, Ma Qing-Yu, Tan Lin &
Xiao Dong - 2013.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropda, Oviraptoridae.
Species: W. gobiensis
(type).
Diet: Omnivore?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China - Bayan Mandahu
Formation (a.k.a. Wulansuhai Formation).
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial post
cranial skeleton almost fully articulated, but many elements badly
weathered.
Wulatelong
has been considered to be a fairly basal oviraptorid
similar to some
genera such as Incisivosaurus
and Caudipteryx. Unfortunately the
holotype remains of Wulatelong have suffered
erosion from the harsh
environment that they were found in because they were discovered
already exposed to the elements.
Wulatelong
would have likely
shared its habitat with other kinds of dinosaurs such as ceratopsians
like Magnirostris
and Protoceratops,
ankylosaurs
like Pinacosaurus,
troodonts
like Philovenator
and Linhevenator,
and dromaeosaurs
like
Velociraptor.
Further reading
- A new oviraptorid from the Upper Cretaceous of Nei Mongol, China,
and its stratigraphic implications -. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 51 (2):
85–101. - Xu Xing, Tan Qing-Wei, Wang Shuo, Corwin Sullivan, David W.
E. Hone, Han Feng-Lu, Ma Qing-Yu, Tan Lin & Xiao Dong - 2013.