Daurlong wangi

†Daurlong wangi is a small dromaeosaurid theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China. Exceptional preservation of its soft-tissue digestive organs provided rare direct evidence of intestinal microstructure in non-avian dinosaurs. This feathered carnivore adds to the rich record of paravian theropods from the Early Cretaceous of East Asia.

Diet & Feeding

Carnivore

Daurlong wangi was a meat-eating predator. Carnivorous dinosaurs were active hunters or scavengers, equipped with sharp teeth and claws for catching and consuming prey. They occupied the top of the food chain in their ecosystems.

Time Period

Cretaceous Early Mesozoic Era

Daurlong wangi lived during the Cretaceous Early period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 145.0 to 100.5 million years ago.

The Cretaceous saw continued dinosaur evolution with the rise of ornithopods and early ceratopsians. Flowering plants first appeared and began to transform terrestrial ecosystems. Spinosaurus and other large theropods lived during this time.