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Ganzhousaurus

"Ganzhou lizard"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Ganzhousaurus 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 Ganzhousaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (72–66 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Omnivore
Clade
Oviraptoridae

Ganzhousaurus (meaning “Ganzhou lizard”) is an extinct genus of oviraptorid dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation of Nankang County, Ganzhou City of Jiangxi Province, southern China. It was found in a Maastrichtian deposit and contains a single species, Ganzhousaurus nankangensis. It is distinguished by a combination of primitive and derived features.

What we know

  • Named by Wang et al., 2013.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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