Xingtianosaurus
Name:
Xingtianosaurus
(Xingtian lizard).
Phonetic: Zing-te-an-o-sor-us.
Named By: Rui Qiu, Xiaolin Wang, Qiang Wang;
Ning Li, Jialiang Zhang & Yiyun Ma - 2019.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Oviraptosauria, Caudipteridae.
Species: X. ganqi (type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China - Yixian Formation.
Time period: Barremian to early Aptian of the
Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Almost complete post cranial
skeleton.
Xingtianosaurus
is a genus of caudipterid dinosaur that lived in China during the early
Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new caudipterid from the Lower Cretaceous of China with
information on the evolution of the manus of Oviraptorosauria. -
Scientific Reports. 9: Article number 6431. - Rui Qiu,
Xiaolin Wang, Qiang Wang; Ning Li, Jialiang Zhang &
Yiyun Ma - 2019.
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