Jiangxisaurus Jiangxisaurus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Jiangxisaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (72–66 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Omnivore
- Clade
- Oviraptoridae
Jiangxisaurus is an extinct genus of oviraptorid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation of southern China. It was similar to Heyuannia, but with more strongly curved anterior claws and a thinner, frailer mandible. This find is paleontologically significant because it contributes to current knowledge about the paleogeographical distribution of oviraptorids in southern China. It was most likely an omnivorous animal along with its close relatives Nankangia and Ganzhousaurus.
What we know
- Named by Wei et al., 2013.
- Fossils found in China.