Qiupalong Xu et al. 2011 (ornithomimid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Ornithomimidae

Alternative spelling: Quipalong

Full reference: L. Xu, Y. Kobayashi, Y.-N. Lee, Y. Liu, K. Tanaka, X. Zhang, S. Jia and J. Zhang. 2011. A new ornithomimid dinosaur with North American affinities from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation in Henan Province of China. Cretaceous Research 32(1):213-222

Parent taxon: Ornithomimidae according to S. Hattori et al. 2023

See also Claessens and Loewen 2016, McFeeters et al. 2016 and Xu et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Aepyornithomimus, Anserimimus, Archaeornithomimus, Deinocheirinae, Dromiceiomimus, Gallimimus, Garudimiminae, Ornithomimidorum, Ornithomiminae, Ornithomimus, Rativates, Sinornithomimus, Struthiomimus, Tototlmimus

Subtaxa: Qiupalong henanensis

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Type: Qiupalong henanensis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Qiupa, Luanchuan Basin (Cretaceous of China)

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