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Oviraptoridae

Banji

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Banji 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Banji
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (66.7 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Omnivore
Clade
Oviraptoridae

Banji is an extinct genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived approximately 66 million years ago during the later part of the Cretaceous Period in what is now China. It was a small, lightly built, ground-dwelling, bipedal carnivore, that was an estimated 65 cm long, as a juvenile.

What we know

  • Named by Xu & Han, 2010.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Banji — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.