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Oviraptoridae

Huanansaurus ganzhouensis

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

Huanansaurus is an extinct genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived approximately 72 million years ago, between the Campanian and Maastrichtian, during the latter part of the Cretaceous period in what is now China, in the Nanxiong Formation.

What we know

  • Named by Lü et al., 2015.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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