Beibeilong

Beibeilong; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian–Turonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	"Baby Louie" in the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Family:	†Caenagnathidae
Genus:	†Beibeilong; Pu et al., 2017
Type species
	Beibeilong sinensis; Pu et al., 2017

Beibeilong is an extinct genus of oviraptor-like dinosaur. The genus contains a single species B. sinensis, named in 2017 by Pu and colleagues based on a nest with an embryo (nicknamed "Baby Louie") and eggs. It was similar to Gigantoraptor, and may have been of similar size as an adult. [1]

Embryo and eggs of "Baby Louie"

References

Pu, H.; Zelenitsky, D.K.; Lü, J.; Currie, P.J.; Carpenter, K.; Xu, L.; Koppelhus, E.B.; Jia, S.; Xiao, L.; Chuang, H.; Li, T.; Kundrát, M.; Shen, C. (2017). "Perinate and eggs of a giant caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of central China". Nature Communications. 8: 14952. doi:10.1038/ncomms14952. PMC 5477524. PMID 28486442.

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[1] Pu, H.; Zelenitsky, D.K.; Lü, J.; Currie, P.J.; Carpenter, K.; Xu, L.; Koppelhus, E.B.; Jia, S.; Xiao, L.; Chuang, H.; Li, T.; Kundrát, M.; Shen, C. (2017). "Perinate and eggs of a giant caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of central China". Nature Communications. 8: 14952. doi:10.1038/ncomms14952. PMC 5477524. PMID 28486442.