Wulatelong gobiensis Xu et al. 2013 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Oviraptoridae

Full reference: X. Xu, Q.-W. Tan, S. Wang, C. Sullivan, D. W. E. Hone, F.-L. Han, Q.-Y. Ma, L. Tan, and D. Xiao. 2013. A new oviraptorid from the Upper Cretaceous of Nei Mongol, China, and its stratigraphic implications. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 51(2):85-101

Belongs to Wulatelong according to X. Xu et al. 2013

See also Funston 2020, Lamanna et al. 2014 and Wang et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V 18409, a skeleton (An articulated skeleton preserving much of the cranium and postcranial skeleton, including 11 dorsal vertebrae, 16 caudal vertebrae, much of both the right and). Its type locality is The Gate, Bayan Mandahu, which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Wulansuhai Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at The Gate, Bayan Mandahu

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