Huanansaurus
Name:
Huanansaurus
(Huanan lizard).
Phonetic: Hu-ah-nan-sor-us.
Named By: J. L�, H. Pu, Y. Kobayashi,
L. Xu, H. Chang, Y. Shang, D. Liu, Y.-N. Lee, M.
Kundr�t & C. Shen - 2015.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Oviraptorosauria, Oviraptoridae,
Oviraptorinae.
Species: H. ganzhouensis
(type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Skull approximately 24 centimetres long.
Skeletal details unavailable at time of writing.
Known locations: China - Nanxiong Formation.
Time period: Campanian/Maastrichtian of the
Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial post
cranial skeleton.
Huanansaurus is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in China during the late Cretaceous. The holotype of Huanansaurus consists of an almost complete skull as well as a good proportion of post cranial remains including vertebrae and parts of the arms and legs. These have also led to the interpretation that Huanansaurus would have been a very close relative of the genus Citipati.
Further reading
- A new oviraptorid dinosur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from
the Late Cretaceous of southern China and its paleobiogeographical
implicationas. - Scientific Reports 5(11490):1-15 - J.
L�, H. Pu, Y. Kobayashi, L. Xu, H. Chang, Y.
Shang, D. Liu, Y.-N. Lee, M. Kundr�t & C.
Shen - 2015.
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