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Dinosaur: Mei long
| Length*: | 53 cm | 1.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 0.43 kg | 1 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Late Barremian-Early Aptian
Years: 125.8–113 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Xu & Norell
Year: 2004
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Yixian
Locations
Sources
Material: Two nearly complete skeletons with skulls.
References: Gao, Morschhauser, Varricchio, Liu and Zhao, (2012). A second soundly sleeping dragon: New anatomical details of the Chinese troodontid Mei long with implications for phylogeny and taphonomy.
