Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (Aptian) 120.3 Ma
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Skeleton of the holotype
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade:
Dinosauria
Clade:
Saurischia
Clade:
Theropoda
Family:
†Dromaeosauridae
Clade:
†Microraptoria
Genus:
†Wulong Poust et al., 2020
Species:
†W. bohaiensis
Binomial name
†Wulong bohaiensis
Poust et al., 2020
Wulong (meaning "dancing dragon") is a genus of microraptorine dromaeosaurid dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Jiufotang Formation of China. The genus includes a single species, Wulong bohaiensis. The skeletal remains, which include preserved feathers, represent a juvenile.[1][2][3]
^Poust, AW; Gao, C; Varricchio, DJ; Wu, J; Zhang, F (15 January 2020). "A new microraptorine theropod from the Jehol Biota and growth in early dromaeosaurids". The Anatomical Record. American Association for Anatomy. doi:10.1002/ar.24343. PMID 31943887.
^Hodge, Rae (17 January 2020). "Pocket-size raptor sheds new light on the links between dino and bird life - This "dancing dragon," a new species of feathered dinosaur, was discovered in one of the richest fossil deposits in the world". CNET. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
^Rayne, Elizabeth (18 January 2020). "This New Dinosaur Just Called It: Even Feathered Dinos Were Nothing Like Birds". SyfyWire. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
includes a single species, Wulongbohaiensis. The skeletal remains, which include preserved feathers, represent a juvenile. The Wulong holotype specimen, DNHM...
feather colouration of an approximately one-year-old individual of Wulongbohaiensis, reporting evidence indicative of the presence of iridescent plumage...
China A microraptorine dromaeosaurid theropod. The type species is W. bohaiensis. Xunmenglong Gen. et sp. nov Valid Xing et al. Early Cretaceous Huajiying...