Qiupalong
| Qiupalong Temporal range: Late Cretaceous ~72 to 66 Ma - | |
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| The holotype specimen on display in China | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | †Ornithomimosauria |
| Family: | †Ornithomimidae |
| Genus: | †Qiupalong Xu et al., 2011 |
| Species: | †Q. henanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Qiupalong henanensis Xu et al., 2011 | |
Qiupalong (IPA: /ˌtɕʰuˈpaːloŋ/; Chinese: 秋扒龙; pinyin: Qiūpálóng; lit. 'dragon from the Qiupa Formation') is an extinct genus of ornithomimosaurian theropod that was discovered in the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Henan, China. The genus contains a single species, Q. henanensis, the specific epithet for which was named for the province of Henan. Uniquely, Qiupalong is one of the few Late Cretaceous non-avian dinosaurs known from both Asia and Laramidia. Specimens from Russia and Alberta have been referred to the genus without being assigned to the type species.