Xixiasaurus

Name: Xixiasaurus ‭(‬Xixia lizard‭).
Phonetic: Ze-ze-ah-sore-us.
Named By: J.‭ ‬L�,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Xu,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Liu,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Zhang,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Jia,‭ & ‬Q.‭ ‬Ji.‭ ‬2010.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Deinonychosauria,‭ ‬Troodontidae.
Species: X.‭ ‬henanensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Roughly estimated to be about 1.5 meters long.
Known locations: China,‭ ‬Henan Province,‭ ‬Xixia County‭ ‬-‭ ‬Majiacun Formation.
Time period: Santonian/Coniacian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and partial post cranial remains.

       Xixiasaurus is a troodont genus thought to possibly be closely related to Byronosaurus and Urbacodon.‭ Part of this reasoning is that the teeth of Xixiasaurus lacked serrations. ‬Care should be taken not to confuse Xixiasaurus with the alvarezsaur genus Xixianykus that is also known from the same formation as Xixiasaurus.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new troodontid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of central China,‭ ‬and the radiation of Asian troodontids‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬L�,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Xu,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Liu,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Zhang,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Jia,‭ & ‬Q.‭ ‬Ji.‭ ‬2010.



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