Mei long

Mei long
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 125 Ma
Fossil specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Troodontidae
Subfamily: Sinovenatorinae
Genus: Mei
Xu & Norell, 2004
Species:
M. long
Binomial name
Mei long
Xu & Norell, 2004

Mei (from Chinese: ; pinyin: mèi; lit. 'sleepy') is a genus of duck-sized troodontid dinosaur first unearthed by paleontologists from the Yixian Formation in Liaoning, China in 2004. Mei lived during the Early Cretaceous period. The binomial name of its only species, Mei long (Chinese 寐 mèi and 龍 lóng), means sleeping dragon.