Mei was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Liaoning (China).
Quick facts about Mei:
- Existed from 139.8 million years ago to Aptian Age
- Lived in a volcano
- Was a omnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 2 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Mei was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- C. -L. Gao and E. M. Morschauser. 2012. A second soundly sleeping dragon: new anatomical details of the Chinese troodontid Mei long with implications for phylogeny and taphonomy. PLoS ONE 7(9):e45203:1-17
- X. Xu and X.-L. Wang. 2000. A primitive ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38(4):318-325
