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Daurlong fossil map

Where fossils of Daurlong have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 115 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 115 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Daurlong
Image: X. Wang, A. Cau, B. Guo, F. Ma, G. Qing, & Y. Liu, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupTheropods
Lived121.4–119.57 million years ago (Aptian)
PeriodsCretaceous
FamilyDromaeosauridae
Named byWang et al. 2022
Fossil records1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inChina
Rock formationsLongjiang

About Daurlong

Daurlong (meaning "Daur dragon") is an extinct genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Longjiang Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, D. wangi, known from a nearly complete skeleton. Daurlong represents the first described occurrence of a preserved intestinal region in a theropod closely related to birds.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Daurlong (revision 1367633325), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q115287977.

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